Fête de la Musique!

Oh, this was a fun one! Every year on June 21 (the first day of summer/ the longest day of the year), all across France they celebrate la Fête de la Musique. Everywhere you go, there are people playing music on the streets. Some groups, like the one in the first picture, are big, official groups. I took this picture at the Mairie of the 11th (it's on the end of my block), and performing then were students from the same music school Luce goes to. But mostly it's just anyone who wants to play, plays. It was fantastic! You could pick pretty much any neighborhood in Paris, but we went up into Montmartre. It was SO crowded (even by Montmartre standards) but SO fun! We had drinks outside of a restaurant that had a band playing out front- sooo funny: you can't really tell from the picture (the second) but this little boy was JAMMING to the band playing there, it was adorable. So it was fun but loud, so we just kind of wandered around the neighborhood and it was great.