Our Canaling Adventures: Paris 2011

Our trip from Meaux to Paris was great. We took it slowly and stayed at Lagney sur Marne and Nogent sur Marne then into Paris.

This church had so many stained glass windows that it gave a real pink look as you walked in.

We were getting tired of putting our bimini up and down so we worked out a solution. It takes Russel about 3 mins. Below is a picture of Arcturus with her bimini half down ready for the tunnel.

We let the bimini down a little encase we don't keep in the centre of the tunnel. We have already damaged it once and don't want to do it again.

Going through the commercial section of the Seine

We turned off the River Marne and into the River Seine and through an ecluse and into the Paris Plaisance – The Port de L’Arsenal – our home for a week.

Our home for a week in the Arsenal

We decided that we would use our bikes in Paris. It couldn’t be worse than Berlin, so we planed a trip which turned out to be a very hot humid day but gosh it was fun. I really enjoyed it. It was only about 12 km but we took in all the touristy spots we could find.

The following photos will tell the story.

Rus outside the Lourve

Penny in front of the Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Penny riding up the Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Russel with the Eiffel Tower in the background

Penny in front of the Eiffel Tower

This was the best thing we did in Paris!!!

Next day we spent the day on the buses travelling around Paris. We visited Montparnesse which is a very tall tower and for 11.50 euro you go to the 56 floor and get a fabulous view of Pairs. Below is one of the pictures I took.