Le Mini Golf and other things

Today, after having to make a quick trip down to the study center to record a cassette with a 5-min "personal summary" of my stay in Paris for class, I met up with a friend and headed out to Chateau de Vincennes. We had really wanted to check out the new Magritte expo at the Musee Maillol, but it'll be there for a while, and nice days in Paris are always less than a sure thing. The Chateau itself is pretty interesting, having grown up reading David Macaulay's Castle (basically one of the best books and companion dvd of all time) and about three hundred other books on knights and castles and such, I was a little let down by the lack of "medieval-ness." However, there is very cool but small keep that was the home of Saint Louis, but it's under renovation until March 2007. Overall, it's good for a walk, but you won't be running across battlements, pretending to shoot a bow and arrow (or maybe that's just what I do...).
After, we found out that the Floral Park is right on the backside of Chateau de Vincennes, and since it was still gorgeous out, we headed over and spent a few hours going around there. There's some sort of Japanese expo going on now which includes Japanese artwork, performances, and I assume, flowers.
The highlight was the mini golf. Yes, mini golf in Paris (well, technically outside the peripherique I think). Let me say first that the state of mini golf in the States is a lot more solid, but this was still a fun time, even though it was all asphalt. What made it such a riot, despite the awful hole design, was the theme: Paris. Every single hole has a weather-resistant little replica of a Parisian monument. It's so kitschy. For instance, the hole for the Pompidou one involves hitting your ball inside the mini shop class replica of the Pompidou (which is actually like an impressive 3-4 ft high) and then up a ramp and down one of the external ducts into a hole. The Sacre Coeur one is actually situated on an incline, and you have to give the rubber ball quite a tap to make it inside the Sacre Coeur, before it shoots it out another entrance and down to the hole. Also, it must be said that the Tour Eiffel is hole 18.
After, I stopped by the Louvre for a bit to check out the Tintoretto/Venice temporary exhibit, which is actually just one room, but presents a number of interpretations of "le paradis" from different artists who were all vying for the same commission in Venice, which Tintoretto ultimately received. I also checked out the Medieval Beaux-Arts - which has a sizeable collection from St. Denis Abbey, including stuff that belonged to the great Abbot Suger.