To me, the Bois de Vincennes in Paris is more of a "real" park rather than a park in a city like the many of the gardens (or jardins) we've been going to in the Parisian city center! While garden is incredibly beautiful in their own way, I really wanted to venture out beyond the beaten path for our picnic, and luckily, Justin was game.



The grounds are enormous. There were people but it wasn't crowded at all. We managed to find a nice shady spot to set up picnic with the picnic mat we kind of borrowed it off the couch of our Airbnb apartment (heh). Food was bought the day before from the Galleries Lafayette food hall, but in retrospect, we should have gone to La Grande Épicerie de Paris instead as it had a much wider selection of food if you are looking to have a proper gourmet picnic!