Bois de Vincennes Paris

293 avenue Dausmenil, Paris , Île-de-France, France
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    Attraction Type:

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    Last time on "Lost"

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    I highly recommend getting lost while on vacation. I don't mean that in any sort of fancy metaphorical sense. I mean walk somewhere, don’t pay enough attention to your map and wind up somewhere cool on accident.

    This trip, I’ve done quite well with getting lost. I stumbled across a superb boys’ choir rehearsing in the …

Related BlogsBois de Vincennes Paris

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    Sunday afternoon at the end of the Metro

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    ... used for renovations. Walking from the orignial drawbridge to the opposite side of the site brought us to the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, and to the finishing line of the marathon. Instead of our planned leisurely walk in the park, we instantly became ...

  • 2

    Paris, France

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    ... that used to be my second home. Didn't do any of the tourist stuff, but had great long walks in the Bois de Vincennes and Buttes Chaumont. Had a wonderful reunion picnic beside the Seine which my French friends all took in stride even though eating ...

  • 3

    Paris Respire-Breathing Life into a Neighborhood

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    ... Quartier rue des Martyrs (9e) Quartier Canal Saint-Martin (10e) Quartier rue de la Roquette (11e) Bois de Vincennes (12e) Quartier rue Daguerre (14e) Bois de Boulogne (16e) Quartier rue du poteau (18e) Quartier de ...

  • 4

    Stupid Camera Battery

    ... 's time for bed:  after all that walking, along with being hot, we are rather tired.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a trip to the parc zoologique (zoo), the Bois de Vincennes, the aquarium and the Promenade Plantée, all in ...

  • 5

    Paris for the marathon

    ... Joe and Anna used to live. I chatted to two guys from York before I lost them at a water station.  Out to the park, Bois de Vincennes and a big loop of that. We were at half way when we came out of the park.  At 25 Kilometre we hit the river ...

  • 6

    Last time on "Lost"

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    ... decided why not keep heading south toward that green thing that went off the edge of my map? It said "Bois de Vincennes," and a forest (bois) in Paris sounded interesting. While walking there, I actually found a short section in my travel guide about the ...

  • 7

    When is a park not a park?

    Answer: When its specially designed to drive you insane. The Bois de Vincennes lies just outside the eastern boundary of Paris and used to be on of many private game reserves for the hunting pleasure of the King. When France lost their need for kings ...

  • 8

    ...Well, it takes a long time to write 9000 words.

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    ... tunnel. On Wednesday, somehow, I managed to get up bright and early and I headed out to the outskirts of Paris, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, so that I could go to the Chateau de Vincennes. This is a medieval castle which started being built only ...

  • 9

    Thinking in french is a path of green

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    ... a green passage. Hidden in the busy city is a path that is over a mile long that makes its tranquil way to the Bois de Vincennes, a huge park of many acres with a chateau and a zoo. Here, families stroll, rollers roll and bikers have their own ...