velib bikes

we got our velib bikes and went biking up the road where we were staying, blvd richard lenoir, a large road built over a canal. we followed the road up to where the canal comes out of the ground. above that, the road was closed for bikes and pedestrians for the day. at the point where the canal widened with a park along its banks, we dropped the bikes. “paris plage” was happening here too, and there were all kinds of free events. we watched a fencing lesson for kids. there were pedalo boats, canoes and upright bike-boats. j’s favorite were giant inflated human-sized hamster wheels in the water, called “spheres flottantes”. several people can fit in the middle and run along the side like hamsters, to make it roll through the water. we weren’t able to do it, as it was totally booked for the day. j. vowed to come back. Print this post