Jardin du Luxembourg

I meant to post this yesterday but my computer battery died! I had a very pleasant afternoon on Friday. A couple of people from class and I went to the supermarket, bought camembert, crackers, and some cheap wine, and went to loaf around in the Jardin du Luxembourg. We found some chairs by a very lovely fountain, read books, and watched ducklings paddle around in the water. We also enjoyed watching pigeons scavenge for food -- my friend Georgina dropped a piece of cheese and they fought for it like you wouldn't believe! We speculated about whether you could get a pigeon drunk by soaking crackers in alcohol and then dropping them, but didn't actually try it...



Eating meals this way makes for a lovely time, but it is also MUCH less expensive than eating in restaurants in Paris, which will bleed you dry. While we were sitting around, a middle aged couple walked by and declared that our idea was brilliant because they couldn't afford to sit in restaurants, either!



By the way: One of Paris's more civilized qualities is that alcohol is permitted in public spaces, so we were not doing anything illegal. The drinking age here is 16.