I think I always had a very... childishly ideal image of this garden consisting of small children running around the fountain with their little sailboats. Interestingly, it wasn't far off - there were in fact children playing with sailboats (complete with the poles you use to steer/poke at the boats)! If only I was a small child and could engage in such play... T_T
The greenery was absolutely amazing (as was the case for every other garden I visited in Paris). It's just too bad it was so hot and the sun was so bright - I probably would've enjoyed it more had the weather been a little bit cooler... alas, what can you do?
Here's the palace and the fountain all in one shot:
And the lovely lawn where we relaxed in the shade for awhile (did a crossword puzzle):
There were so many people there just hanging out (particularly in the nice shaded areas). It was pretty interesting just people-watching and trying to eavesdrop on conversations.
We also saw the Medici Fountain, which was in a lovely tree area, except that ducks in the trees kept either dripping (from the fountain) on us or peeing on us (we couldn't tell). We didn't hang out there long...
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