Park Visit

With the recent development in the home front, thoughts and ideas on a travel blog of our last vacation got temporarily interrupted. Ideas just simple didn't flow and the body was most of the time exhausted to even write a line.

However, I am determined to have it completed - never mind if it takes ages.

In this entry, I am featuring the Jardin du Luxembourg, a park located near the Sorbonne University.

Jardin du Luxembourg or the Luxembourg Gardens is about 55 acres large. Originally owned by the duke of Luxembourg, hence the name.

The gardens were laid out in Italian style on request of Marie de' Medici, the queen consort of France. She was the second wife of King Henry IV of France. Blooms are not out yet, hence the barren look.

In Paris parks or gardens are like art. They exhibit paintings of tree and watercolor of fountains. Adorning the park there are many statues and one famous statue is Statue of Saint-Geneviève - the patroness of Paris.

Nissa and Statue of Pan in the background. Pan in Greek religion and mythology, is the companion of the nymphs, god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music.

Greens of the garden

Spring colours out in the garden

Top - Greek mythological figure - Polyphemus.
Bottom - sea nymph Galatea and Acis - a shepherd and the son of Pan.

Polyphemus loved Galatea, but Galatea loved Acis. Galatea and Acis mocked the love songs that Polyphemus sang to Galatea. When Polyphemus caught Acis and Galatea sleeping, he killed Acis by crushing him with a rock.

Threesome - Polyphemus, Galatea & Acis

Threesome - us

Statue of Pan & Palais du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Palace) in the background

Nissa fascinated by....

.......Pan, of course :)

Nissa & Daddy. In the background Fontaine de Medicis, a romantic baroque fountain designed in 1624.

The park allows one to get hold of one of the many chairs and take it to the exact spot where you want to sit, just like this someone did.