La Belle Dame & La Rive Seine

So it our last day in Paris, and I really wanted to do atleast 1 more thing.... Notre-Dame Cathredreal.

After getting up this morning, feeling a little better, ka and I discussed our plans for the day. It as ka's mother that suggested we take a boat ride on the Seine, just to see all the sights from the river. We had talked about it, and if there was time in the end, we would do it. Today was the day - and thank you very much to ka's mother for making the suggestion.

We head to the infamous Point D'Alma again ( this was where we were on our first day in Paris, near the site of Princess Diana's car crash). This was also where ka and got a little lost lookin for the Palais Toyko.... sigh.. anyway, as we are about to cross the street to get to Bateaux Mouches, lo and behold, the guy beside us stops down to pick up a ring. It's not the same guy I ran into in Les Tulleries gardens, but it was the EXACT same thing... pretends to find the ring on the road.. bends down, picks it up, tries it on, tries to put it on his finger, it does not fit.. and offers it to us as a gift. We simply said "No Merci" (ka says, we've seen that one before!) and walked away. It amazed me that these pickpockets are obviously trained by 1 person.. Anyway, we get to the Bateaux Mouches, have a lovely ride on the Seine... but did we sit down to enjoy it? Who could when we were snapping so many pictures. It was a lovely ride... the name of our boat was "La Flute".

After the boat ride, I was going to come back to the flat, take a nap, then head out again to Notre-Dame. I was feeling good still, so I decided to head to La Grande Dame, while things were still good. Hopped on the métro, and headed over the cathrédral. It was an amazing sight to see. You can not imagine the Notre-Dame cathredral unless you've seen it. Tall, tall, tall gothic columns, beautiful stain glass windows and lovely prayer sanctuaries. I was going to push my luck and do the gargoyle tour, but decided against it, as I would not have time to get back and meet ka... and push it too much my first day out (and last) day in Paris.

I hope you all have enjoyed taking this journey with me. This will be my last post before I get home.. and d - I will probably be planting myself at your place to up load the pictures... (hope that's ok).