If Paris does not come to the mountain…
December 24, 2007
……the mountain will come to Paris.
This is exactly what has happened in front of the Hotel de Ville in the 4th. An ice skating rink and sledge lane have been erected in front of the town hall, and taking into account the sub-zero temperatures here in Paris, you might as well be in Chamonix. The sledges (or sled lanes) are only for kids under 12 and everyone gets a 10 min turn. Kids under 6 need to be accompanied, (but watching the parents going down the lane, it really did not seem like a chore). There is also a merry-go-round which my daughter loved even more than the sledge.
And the best thing of all: It’s free.
This alpine entertainment will be around ’til the 9th of March, so there is plenty of time to go and enjoy yourself.
Happy sledding!
– Emilie in Paris
Entry Filed under: Holiday, Paris, Toddler. Tags: ice skating, merri-go-round, sledging.
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Esther | December 24, 2007 at 8:04 pm
We have a lot of skating going on in the Netherlands – but a sledge lane… Brilliant!!
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Courtney | December 25, 2007 at 5:57 am
What fun! Maybe we should come to Paris!!
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Jenny | December 26, 2007 at 3:56 am
It’s posts like this that make me visit your blog daily! Makes me want to move there so badly. This and the trampolines.