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| Lock flooding with water |
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| Our Paris Canal Boat |
And now for something completely different – today we went on a canal boat ride! Starting alongside the Musee D’Orsay the canal boat took us along the Seine River, past the Louvre and Notre Dame to Canal St-Martin. The 4.5 kilometre canal has 9 locks that raised the boat 27 metres over our journey – we’d seen locks before but actually being on a boat inside one was a new experience. The rushing water, the boat slowly rising, quite surreal.
The canal includes a 2 kilometre tunnel, lit only by skylights every few hundred metres. After 2.5 hours the canal ride ended in northern Paris. After the boat dropped us off, we started our way back, retracing our route on foot. The topside of the tunnel of the canal is home to a market, which unfortunately was closing as we arrived.
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| Notre Dame from the Seine |
While the weather had been nice in Paris, a jacket was sometimes useful to keep out the breeze. No such luck today – they sun was blazing at 35c and there was no wind to be felt. This made the walk a bit more of a challenge that we’d anticipated! A good respite was a Parisian favourite – authentic Berthillon ice-cream. We did make it back a little browner than we’d left.
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| Travelling through the tunnel |
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| Skylights |
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