Pétanque

I confess... I like to watch the old men (it's always old men) play Pétanque in the parks.

Pétanque is the French version of Bocce' or Lawn Bowling and is similar in concept to horseshoes. In Paris I've regularly seen games going on in the park to the North West of Les Invalides.

The Les Invalides complex is worthwhile in itself... it houses the Emperor Napoleon's tomb, the Musee de l'Armee, and the Musee de l'Ordre de la Liberation. The grounds are magnificent with cannons of every discription everywhere.

A definite "guy stop" in a city of Art Museums and such. Visit The Emperor's Tomb in the morning, the Musee de l'Ordre de la Liberation after (if it's open), take lunch at the brasserie nearest the Pétanque games so you can watch, then back in for the rest of the afternoon at the Musee de l'Armee.

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