Monday, November 26, 2007

Jardin des Plantes & Menagerie

On Sunday, we went to the Jardin des Plantes & Menagerie. Chuck took these terrific photos of animals for me, as well as the glass winter garden and the little wooden "house." The horses are Mongolian and from stock that came to the menagerie in 1902. They're rare and are supposedly like the ones seen in cave paintings.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to say that I love Jardins des Plantes as it is brilliant and I have written about it on my Paris vaction blog.

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