One of the first outings we made when Michael's mom was here last month was to the Chateau de Vincennes, which sits on the eastern edge of Paris. Perhaps because it is so close we have never prioritized it, but it's been on my list of things to do for a while now. While you can easily reach the chateau through the Parisian Metro (line 1), we ended up driving as it was much easier to do with a 2.5 month old in tow. And as you can see by the pictures, we were blessed with blue skies, a rare sight in Paris after a long grey winter. Having visited a few of the Chateaux in the Loire Valley, the first thing that struck me about the Chateau de Vincennes is that it has a whole lot less "infrastructure" than many of the others. Many of the buildings look like converted military barracks, and the main Chateau tower (seen above on the left) is very well preserved, but lacks furniture and isn't terribly huge, other than vertical. While I enjoyed the day, and we even joined a tour (in French), I wouldn't say that this ranks up there as my favorite Chateau. It is an impressive royal fortress, for sure, but if I'm going to be honest, my kind of chateau is the one with pretty furniture and flowers.
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