Champs de Mars

The happy couple at the entrance to the Champs de Mars.

One of the things that is very different between Paris and the majority of Canadian cities are the green spaces and parks that can be found in virtually every Canadian neighbourhood. In Paris, due to the lack of space, these parks just do not exist. One of the exceptions however is the Champs de Mars, which is found at the base of the Eiffel Tower and extends south towards the Ecole Militaire. During our promenade, we decided that wandering the park was a great idea as the sun was out and taking a walk in a park in the month of January would something new for us.

The Champs de Mars is named after Mars, the god of war, as its original purpose was for military drilling and parades. Today however, the Champ de Mars is a beautiful, lush, green park where even in the month of January you can find joggers, people having picnics, and of course more than a few tourists taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower.

We knew the Eiffel Tower was close to the Champs de Mars, but couldn't agree on a direction to take. Mindy wanted to go left...

...while I was convinced we had to go to the right.

Mindy sends her love from Paris!