Paris Gardens

Luxembourg Garden (Jardin du Luxembourg) - built by architect Salomon de Brosse for Marie de' Medici from 1615 to 1627.

My kind of sailing...

Flowers along the side of the palace -

I grew up calling in bocci, but apparently the French call it boules. And they play it with metal balls, so that when you get older and don't want to bend over to pick them up you can carry around a magnet on a string. [See also Paris is Paris on boules - pétanque -along with Paris-Plages, Unusual View, Real Palms and Hands Off My Holiday! in previous issues.]

All of Paris was in bloom last week. Cherry blossoms and St Paul's church in the Marais.

Tree peony at the Varenne Garden of the Rodin Museum (79, rue de Varenne)

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