A day out in Nantes

We went to Nantes for a day and found this building which is almost finished - laser cut stainless steel which looks amazing

I love the reflection of the trees on the steel

.....and then we went to see "Les Machines de l'Ile" - another very different technical marvel


This elephant walked around the whole area and we were on it! Very steampunk in design and beautifully made - powered by a Heath Robinson type diesel engine.
The elephant itself is made of wood with leather ears and it moves exactly like a real one in every way, swaying and shooting water & steam out of his trunk - and bellowing at the crowd.

 

Another truly amazing thing is the fact that there were no barricades, no seat belts and people could wander in and out of its path

 

OZ Workplace, Health and Safety would have a fit