Saturday afternoon I went to Bercy, which is in the SE corner of Paris, although not too far from where I live. I wanted to go to Bercy Village, a little shopping center built into what used to be wine storehouses. Also in Bercy is a garden I wanted to see, and the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, which is a huge concert/show venue (kind of like the Wachovia Center in Philly).
But first I stumbled onto the Festival Mondiale de la Terre (Worldwide Earth Festival) which was like an environmental fest with music and sellers and stuff.
So I kept wandering (Bercy Park is huge) and came across the Marche Nordique Decouverte, which is this huge walk where everyone uses those pole things.
I didn't watch for long but I did get to see the kickoff!
Then I found the Jardin Yitzhak Rabin, which is this LOVELY garden named for a Nobel Peace Prize winner from France. It's cool because there used to be trains running all through Bercy and you can still see the tracks. Like I said, Bercy Park is huge and I also ran into this cool fountain/pond thing where little kids were swimming.
So finally I found Bercy Village, which was SO cute! I actually couldn't stay long because I was running late on plans (comme d'habitude), but it was such a nice, sweet little shopping area. I was really glad that I'd ended up seeing Bercy; it'd been on my list for a while, but I thought I wouldn't end up seeing it. It was lovely though and if I had more time I'd definitely go back!
Oh and I saw some pirates.
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