Les Machines de l’île

As I posted before, I was very impressed with the city of Nantes.  Of all the cool things in the city, my favorite was Les Machines de l’île.  The biggest attraction is The Grand Éléphant.

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It is a free attraction to look at, and wanders around the industrial park.  It costs to ride the elephant, and for the carousels, and the indoor park with many other mechanical animals.

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The conference I was attending hosted their Gala dinner here and it was very nice.  First, they opened up the inside part up for us to explore, then The Grand Éléphant made a dramatic entrance.  Then we were seated, where a 20 piece jazz band played for us while we ate with the elephant in the background.  Luckily, I was able to get a ticket for Emily to join us for the dinner.  Over the top nice…

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They have big plans for expansion and we have talked about definitely trying to get back…

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