Sep 13, 2011

Who would have thought that these two scared weird little country kids would ever be here in Paris and seeing the sights we have seen today? Not the two little country kids I can assure you and it’s only just starting to sink in that we really rode into the heart of it….been as high as a kite all day and just about needing to pinch myself to be sure it is real….there’s a bit of life left in the old girl yet!



The Eiffel Tower (as if you didn’t know)

We have had a great day exploring this lovely overall clean and well maintained city which is quite something given the age of so much of what we have been moving amongst. We have spent a good part of the day on two hop on hop off bus tours and then a boat cruise on the Seine.



A work shot – one of the many barges on the Seine passing the Louvre Museum. This one had 7 x 40 foot containers on board but has a capacity of 12. Very impressive.

We saw gravel, sand, cement, scrap steel and several rubbish barges not to mention dozens of other boats and restaurant boats and barges and river cruisers which would cater for thousands of people….and I mean that. In one spot there were 15 coaches lined up off loading their charges to barges. Quite a busy and effective highway!

To top it all off a lovely dinner at an Italian Restaurant around the corner from our hotel.



L – R Ken, Norm, Nola, Sharen