the atmosphere here is amazing. there is not only food but also clothes and souvenirs and other…read morestuff. the fruits here are delicious.

Usually when the weekend rolls around I try to catch up on chores around Paris, but a couple of…read moreweeks ago the sun was so bright and the air so crisp that everything in my person was screaming for a trip out of the city. I had once been out to La Ferme de Gally on a wet, rainy day, and thought that it would be the absolute perfect spot to venture out to with the weather as wonderful as it was. As a kid, going apple picking in upstate NY with my dad, wandering around the orchard with a pole to grab the apples at the top of the tree and then picking a pumpkin to decorate for Halloween, was one of the highlights of the year. Now that I have my own kid, I want him to have the same kind of memories of Fall. Compared to the pick-your-own food places back in NY, this place is massive. Not only can you pick apples, but everything from string beans and raspberries to fresh herbs, brussel sprouts and wild flowers. The only thing is that all of the individual patches are so spread out that after one hour wandering exploring and plucking we had only a sachet of string beans and a strawberry in our wheel barrel (yes, I was pushing a wheel barrel!) The point is that you shouldn't come here if you're in a rush. Give yourself at least two-three hours to explore the farm so that you can get to the less-trafficked parts of the plots for the best quality produce. And don't forget to dress for the occasion, even though you're only a hop, skip and a jump from Paris this is a farm and you need to get down and dirty, so leave your cute shoes at home!