Easter Monday is a national/bank holiday here. I suppose at one point someone was like "Gee, why does a national holiday like Easter always have to be on a Sunday? I never get to have off work!" and so Easter Monday came into existence. It was a gorgeous day, so Jeremy and I went to Parc Micaud, a three minute walk from our apartment. Not to be confused with Parc Cusenier, the tiny park across from our apartment, Parc Micaud is a giant park that sits in front of the river opposite our apartment, spanning from Pont Denfert Rochereau, the bridge on the left of our apartment, all the way to Pont de Brégille, two bridges to the right of our apartment. We got there by Pont de la République. Along the way, we saw that the river tour boat has started up for the season.
We saw plenty of ducks and pigeons, of course. I've never seen some of the ducks before and couldn't find them on the one website I found for birds of the Franche-Comte region. Feel free to comment if you know what they are! Closer to the center of the park, they had pony rides for the children and also a playground, complete with jungle gym and metal slide. Remember when slides were metal in America? If you're under 20, you probably don't! Jeremy and I then spent a good amount of time discussing our memories and the pros and cons of metal slides and plastic slides. We were about 8 when they started pushing for plastic slides versus metal ones, deeming jungle gyms as unsafe, and taking away tire pits for "sanitary purposes" (okay, so ONE dead mouse was found, so what?!).
The river was more cloudy and more elevated than usual as it rained all last week. If next weekend is even somewhat nice, our goal is to go to the citadel. I'm so excited! I've been waiting for this!