Today we spent the afternoon at the Luxemburg Gardens. This is a large park in central Paris where the French Senate is located. We stopped first at the Closerie des Lilas for our afternoon tea/hot chocolate. This is a very fancy restaurant/cafe where many famous personages used to hang out. It is famous for its seafood.
At the end of the Esplanade, we went into the Jardin. It, also, was full of people taking in the sun. The flowers were beautiful and many at peak bloom. You can see the French Senate in the background.
We left the Jardin and went outside to see the photo exhibition on the fence that surrounds it. Several times a year, there is a very interesting photo exhibition here. There were about 50 enlarged photos that depicted life in the Artic and in the Antarctic. The title of the exhibition was "Terre des Poles", the land at the poles. The Artic section dealt with the Russians who are stationed there for weather observation, and..... There were even a few families with children.
The photos of the Antarctic were of the French-Italian expedition and are more recent that those of the Russians. The depicted much of the wild life of the area.
We spent over an hour looking at these pictures. We realized it was later than we thought. Our original plan was to go back home for supper and go to a concert (Yes, another one). Instead, we went to the rue St. André des Arts where we found a small crêperie where we had crêpes for dinner. We then went to St. Eustache, the large church located in the "Les Halles" area. There we stood on line for the concert of the Chorus of Radio France. It was a professional group and they gave an excellent rendition of the All Night Vigil (commonly called Vespers) of Rachmaninoff. The did a superb job and received many curtain calls. The church was jam packed and we got two the last remaining seats. The acoustics were very good and we were able to see and hear very well. We returned home after a wonderful day.
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