By mid morning the streets were covered with dismal, grey slush but in the city parks the snow still lay crisp and white.

 

The Jardin des Grands Explorateurs was busy with people of all ages making snowmen, throwing snowballs and simply enjoying the crunch of snow underfoot…

 

but the wonderful snowy landscape of the Jardin du Luxembourg was out of bounds…

 

to all but a few grounds staff.  Snow has been rare in Paris in recent years so locals as well as tourists were lining up to take photos through the gaps in the railings.

 

The small, formal garden at the Carousel du Louvre seems a quiet place apart whatever the weather, though it’s a stone’s throw from the busy space around the Louvre Pyramid.

 

The Carousel gardens were open this morning as usual…

 

but in the Jardin des Tuilleries the snow lay undisturbed.

 

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