Boy is it ever hot in Nantes!
We started out today with a plan to rent bikes from the Bicloo station close to the hotel then cycle around the Île de Nantes where the Machines are. No dice. We couldn't get the thing to work using an American credit card. When we did get it to work with our French account it could not print out a receipt. By the time we had pen and paper to write down the access number (lots o' digits) the screen was ready to start all over.
We bought tickets for the tram and took it to Chantier Navale. At the corner of the bridge that leads across to the island is the new Monument to the Abolition of Slavery. We stopped to reflect.
It was already quiet hot by this time. We didn't feel like eating so we had refreshments at the old corner bistrot before heading across the street to the Machines.
Rich bought a ticket for the Elephant for Mercedes and himself. We took a look at the galleries and the workshop then headed back to the bistrot for lunch. Their ride on the Elephant was scheduled for 3pm so we had about 45 minutes to get lunch and get back.
I finished lunch by myself then went for a walk around the top half of the island while they were riding the pachyderm.
4 comments:
Is Le Trempolino on the same island with the machines? I love the cat mural!
Yes. It's a music studio and performance space as well as artists workshops. It's a very distinctive building even without the cat mural.
just awesome, very steampunk. love the sign. wish I was there.
Why am I anonymous? ;-P
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