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Published: April 16th 2015
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Happy anniversary to us, overlooking the Seine RHave made it into Paris, TGV trains in France are the best way to do longer hauls.
Those who have followed our travels know how much we love this city.
Tess has done a marvelous job again and found us an apartment overlooking the Seine River, Pont Neuf, the photos tell it all.
It has been Tess' birthday while we have been here so a return to the Place Dauphine on Ile de la Cite for dinner at Restaurant Paul was in order. Those who know the photo I keep in my office, we have come back to a favourite spot.
I'm leaving Tess to her own devices in Paris while I go north for a bike ride around the Paris Roubaix, I'll share some more on that later.
We've had the chance on previous trips to do the big ticket tourist items so this time the goal was to fill in a few gaps and mainly explore pockets of the city we haven't seen before. There were a few classics that we revisited, like the Arc de Triumph and the Passages, including a certain rhubarb pie that I discovered years ago.
Living around St
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Notre-Dame in the background Michel and St Germain de Prix is a lot of fun, plenty of good food, designer shops for nearly everything, art and book stores and lots of uni students who seem to have time for some fun every night of the week.
Overlooking the river in the evening means a constant parade of the tourist cruise boats that light up the banks and buildings and watching over the collections of people sitting on the banks having picnics and drinks, There is a constant cacophony of sound from the traffic, sirens, singing and yelling between the boats and bank. I even managed to start a "Parisian wave" from the sixth floor of our apartment building calling out 'Bonsoir' and listening to it repeated back to me from another 300m down past Notre-Dame.
An excursion we have planned for a long time is a trip along the St Martin canal. This is a canal that runs into the Seine R bringing fresh water to the city. To do this it drops down 27 metres through 9 locks and travels for 2k under the city under the Bastille and Republique. Built 1802 to 1825 by Napoleon's administration it is a wonderful
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I know I said we had done the tourist traps but I love coming to see this... engineering feat and a beautiful morning out in the Parisian suburbs. Finishing in Parc de la Villette it then makes for a nice walk back into town for Gelato - thought I'd finished on food??
Hope you are enjoying our travels,
Au revoir
Al & Tess
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Sharon Hill
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Greetings from Gordon Park
Hi Tess and Al, We are enjoying your blog again, and look forward to the next exciting instalment! Tess, I hope you had a wonderful birthday on the 10th we were thinking of you! Keep safe and enjoy the rest of your holiday xx