SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008

We started the day off with a large load or two of laundry. After finishing it off, we decided to off to the Canal Saint Martin. Click the name, move your mouse over the photo to make it move, and see a wonderful panoramic view of the canal. Better than I can do with photos. The canal has several tour boats that go from the Bastille to the Parc de la Villette. It's about a 2 1/2 trip through about a half a dozen locks which makes for an interesting ride. You also get to see a part of Paris that most tourists don't see. The major company that runs these trips is Canauxrama.

In the photo below, notice that the bridge over the canal is starting to close. The boat has just gone through and the bridge, which is part of the roadway over the canal, is closing.

We stopped at a cafe along the canal for refreshment and watched lots of interesting things going on including a Mariachi band and a kids' entertainer.

We watched, too, nevertheless. We walked back to the place de la République for the bus back home. We are experts now on the Parisian bus system. On the way back, we came across several artists creating a painting on a large wall.

Dinner was in again.This timer instead of soup, we each had a small tartlette of tuna and olives that we bought at our local boulangerie. We watched a movie on the DVD player, The Last Emperor. Had seen it years ago, but had forgotten most of it.