Chasse aux oeufs at Butte Chaumont

Easter came right as we were trying to settle into our new apartment.  The Easter Bunny did bring baskets, but (s)he decided to outsource the Easter egg hunt.  Pierre found an Easter egg hunt that was also a fund raiser for Haiti at Butte Chaumont, a large park on the outskirts of Paris. 

The park was built on the site of a former quarry and now has a lake, crazy hills, bridges and a belvedere.  The chasse aux oeufs was nuts.  There were hundreds of children.  We lined up when we got there and waited for a very lo time.  We then realized that we then needed to walk to the actual site of the hunt.  The hunt was at the top of one of the enormous hills that fill the park.  When we reached the top there was an even larger line there and much confusion.  After waiting in line for way too long, we finally gave up.  We did manage to cash in our tickets for some bags full of candy.  We will return and explore this park when there is less holiday chaos.