Our major touristy event today – a cruise on the tree-lined Canal St-Martin and then along the Seine. We floated past a swing bridge, two locks and went under the Bastille tunnel, crossing the Arsenal Marina, arriving at the Seine river.

We saw the Louvre, Orsay museum, Assemblee Nationale and Eiffel Tower, Pont D’Alma and Ile de la Cite. Gorgeous winged creatures and cherubs in gold. If you look closely at the statue of the infantryman with rifle, you can see the high water mark of the flooding Seine i n 2016…just about in the crook of his elbow.

Lots of lovely bridge sculptures and adorned building rooftops too. A cloudy arvo, but really fab to be on water and see these incredible historical sights.