London day festivals have been a hot topic over the past few months, incurring legal challenges, local protests and some serious online beef. Haters aside, even the most committed attendees of London’s day festivals can recognise that they need a bit of improvement. And who better to learn from than our impossibly cool neighbours: the French.
To do so, I hopped on the Eurostar and rode it all the way to Gare du Nord. From there, I headed east to Bois de Vincennes, the city’s equivalent of Richmond Park. A verdant paradise that looks more like a Monet painting than Victoria Park ever could (east London, I love you, but you’re bringing me down), We Love Green is tucked away in a small corner of the 2,459-acre park, leaving the majority of it still publicly available for the weekend.
