The top picture is the Louvre park in Paris, France, and the bottom picture is in a park in London, England.  I have been to both places and they are just unbelievable.  Now when I was in Paris that pond had a lot more chairs around it and there were people in almost every single one relaxing, reading, listening to music, or playing music.  It was such a peaceful place, everyone could share the park peacefully and they all respected everything that was there.  The park in London had so many people walking, running, jogging, horseback riding, biking, rollerblading, kayaking, and so on.  This doesn't seem to different then the parks here in Canada, but the one main difference is the people there.  They all respect everything there.  There isn't garbage all over the ground, there isn't people yelling and fighting with eachother and you can feel perfectly safe there.  And all those chairs in the pictures are left outside all summer long.  Think about it, if we had chairs out in our parks like that they would all be smashed and broken the first night.
     That is why if I could go anywhere for the weekend I would go back to Europe.  Not just for the amazing and breathtaking scenery, but for the people and their way of life over there.  There is nothing quite like going to an english pub and getting fish and chips and a pint of some great local english beer.  During the summer my family and I went to England, Scotland and Wales for 3 weeks.  We stayed at this bed and breakfast in Wales for one night and i would give anything to go back to that place.  The man who owns it was unbelievably nice, and he would do anything for us if we needed.  We spent the night hanging around the bed and breakfast mostly talking to Lindsey, the man who owns it.  He treated us so well that my parents left him a 100 pound tip for the amazing dinner they prepared for us.  Needless to say that got us some pretty good service in the morning for breakfast.  But with all that said if i could, i would go back to Europe in a heartbeat, just to see Lindsey again and to climb the Ochil hills in Scotland again, and if you haven't been to Europe I strongly suggest you find your way there at some point in your life.