After an earlier post in which I commented on the lack of open green space in the immediate vicinity, I received the suggestion that I check out the Parc Buttes-Chaumont (thanks, Kimberly!).
It’s not on a direct métro route from here, and I mostly avoid trips that entail two or more transfers, as this one does. But then I looked at the map of the bus system, and saw that the number 60 bus goes from three blocks away right to the Parc. So I packed myself a little picnic lunch and went to check it out.
It is indeed a lovely park. And it was such a lovely day that it was full of families (and their dogs) and newly married couples getting their pictures taken. I wandered around and about for an hour before sitting down to enjoy my lunch (which I refused to share with an importunate dog); followed by another hour or so of wandering.
The number 60 bus actually goes all the way to Père Lachaise cemetary, so I continued my trip out that way.
Rather than post individual pictures for the day’s dual excursion here, I’m putting up a little slideshow (this will open in a new window).
