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Home » French Summer, Snapshots

Nantes' Elephant

Written by on July 25, 2010 – 10:00 am7 Comments

Since 2007, the Machines de l’Ile de Nantes and the great ele­phant are one of the major tourist attrac­tions in Nantes.

The 12 meters high mechan­i­cal ele­phant is made from 45 tons of wood and steel. Sev­eral times a day, it takes pas­sen­gers for a walk around the Isle of Nantes, located in the mid­dle of the Loire River. Rid­ing it is quite expen­sive but it’s free to just see it move around, wink, trum­pet, and spray nearby pho­tog­ra­phers with water (oh well, it was a hot day).

You can fol­low our French trip here on Flickr: France (2010).

Embar­cadère

Les Machines de l’Ile

Sleepy Ele­phant

Parked Ele­phant

Ele­phant Day Off

Ele­phant Trunk

Elephant’s Head

Pee­ing!

Mov­ing

And Spray­ing the Crowd

Trunk

Blow­ing Water

Paint­ing the Clouds

Walk­ing Around

Walk­ing Around

Related posts:

  1. Artsy Nantes
  2. The Isle of Nantes
  3. Europe in our Eyes
  4. Nantes By Night
  5. His­toric Nantes

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