This afternoon, we took a long walk to the Parc de la Seille, a lovely stretch of nature that follows the Seille river southeast of the city center. Inaugurated in 2002, the park connects the city center to the southern parts of Metz. As today was one of the warmest days this year, the park was filled with young children and their parents and grandparents. At the center of the park on a hill, is a sculpture donated by Fuji Industries as a sign of French-Japanese friendship.
Nearby is the Centre Pompidou-Metz, which will open in May. Noted as a project to promote economic development, tourism and urban renewal, the center is a flagship project for cultural decentralization in France. Of the 750 works of art in the opening exhibit, 700 of them will be loans from the Centre Pompidou in Paris. We pass the building every day going to campus, and it's growing on me. I look forward to being inside the building when it opens in May.
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