Vincennes, Parc Floral, And More

Sunday, May 26th, after the Bastille market, I accompanied Rebecca and Penelope to Vincennes and the Parc Floral. Vicki and I had done the historical and architectural bits of Vincennes in 2014, as well as the floral bits: http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2014/08/vincennes-le-chateau.html, http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2014/08/saint-chapelle-de-vincennes.html, and
http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2014/08/parc-floral-de-paris.html (obviously, I was impressed), but I wanted to see the floral part again, especially this time of year. Alas, it was not the best time, since the early bloomers, the azaleas, the camellias, the rhododendrons, were done, and the high summer flowers were not yet out. But I found other things to do. Vincennes is Paris' largest public park, as I recall, and it has five major playgrounds, the principal reason for our going.

Just the floral part of Paris' largest public park

Fauna as well as flora

Unusual dorsal view

That's all, folks

Waning early bloomers

But in Paris, there's always an art exhibition within a few feet, so I took this one
in (contemporary artists (not Turner))

Snapping a few to my taste

Further wandering took me to one of the several exhibition
halls, where a large gathering of independent wine-producers
was underway

Thus; the emphasis among the independents is upon "natural" or "bio" ("organic");
a return to what the wine tastes like, not chemicals, not wooden barrels; I'd had
some natural wines before but was not convinced

There must be an elegant French name (not poubelle) for
the little bins you can pour the untasted wine into; no spitting

I'm convinced now: best muscadet ever

The major players were faithful to their heritage; best of all
for me was the Gevrey-Chambertin (not pictured)

Meanwhile, back at the playground

P was having a great time

And drove us home safely aboard Metro #1 (see her mother's blog, SherouseHouse.com
for explanation)