Chateau de VincennesI think we spoke too soon, again. While the temperature is warmer, today we had cold winds which seemed to rip through us. We decided, in the expectation of quite nice weather, to visit Chateau de Vincennes. This is amazingly easy to get to being the last stop on the Metro Ligne 1. The Chateau is in the southeast corner of Paris and is in what is a most elegant neighbourhood just outside the peripherique or ring road which surrounds the older part of the city. Here one finds a park of almost 1,000 hectares with lakes, paths and, of course, the great chateau.
The Chateau de Vincennes is is a royal chateu with fortifications and a moat surrounding it. There is a dungeon there that dates from 1369 and a magnificent Chapelle Royale. Unfortunately, due to the biting cold and limitations of time, we didn't have the opportunity to explore it in any great depth, but it is definitely on our "must do" list for the next time we are here.
On the way back we stopped at the Hotel de Ville where the outdoor ice-skating rink is set up and watched for a while before hopping a bus to a Metro station and then home.
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