Cité des Enfants

Little Man and I went to Cité des Enfants with some friends. It is a hands on museum designed for 2-7 year olds (and there is also a separate one for 7 - 14 year olds as well). We have been to a few hands on museums in our home town in Florida. At first I thought this was similar to the new one we have in Tampa Glazer Children's Museum BUT after revisiting it this past January with a now 2.5 year old vs. an 18 month year old I see the Parisian one is so much better!   Below are some pictures from my Cell Phone...I was not able to capture all of it since I was alone with him and didn't want to risk him bolting ;-)  The areas were all designed by different themes: Discovering Myself, Working Together, Mazes, Experiments (with Water, Wind and Energy) and a few more that I can't seem to translate/interpret into English.  The only negative is that you are only allowed 1.5 hours to play for your admission.  But you are promised a set amount of people even on holidays and weekends (so that is a plus!).  I would recommend to order your tickets online (you can either print at home or print on a kiosk onsite).  Enjoy!

Mirrors to Capture your emotions

House of Mirrors he loved this!  And he ran into himself a few times it was hilarious

Little Construction Worker

Fastening his Seat Belt

Water Play!

Waiting his turn ;-)

Water Cannon

friend's visit day seven...

The last day...Le Marais

We just stuck close to home on the last day of their trip...

Enjoyed a great Falafel which is a traditional Jewish sandwich and super popular here!

Then we were off for a bit of shopping on Rue des Francs Bourgeois/Rue des Rosiers and then to Place des Vosges for some wine ;-)

The Invader is a street artist who has tagged many buildings in Paris and all over the world

Place des Vosges a famous square near my Apartment and where Victor Hugo lived

friend's visit day five...

M and I stayed home for Day 5 because we were EXHAUSTED but my friend's enjoyed Le Louvre, Jardin de Tuileries, Place de la Concorde, Champs-Elysées all the way to the Arc de Triomphe!  Afterward M went with his grandparents for the night and we went to the 6eme for coffee, aperitifs (at the Famous Cafe Les Deux Magots) and ate Laudrée Macaroons!  F met up with us and we had a wonderful French meal at a local French Restaurant.

Sorry Photos of Food will be in a separate blog post ;-)

friend's visit day four...

Day 4 of my friends visit...we went to Versailles! It was a rainy/cloudy day but it was still beautiful!

friend's visit day three...

For my friend's 3rd day (Saturday) we all headed out to Montmartre to see Sacre Coeur, tour a bit of Montmartre and then Pigale (Red Light District - where The Moulin Rouge is located)

Baby Model