Day Five : A boat tour

I woke up before Lily again. It’s a new record for me. Three days in a row.
We wanted to just rest a bit today so we decided yesterday to do a boat tour along part of the Seine.
We saw most of the sites we had seen before, but this time from a new angle.

We didn’t go on one of the extra large boats. We decided on a medium sized tour from Vadettes Pont Nuef.
The English gentleman in front of us fell asleep while his wife took pictures.  We got our first real view of the Eiffel Tower.  The intricacy of the design could only be valued in person and up close; those trinket souvenirs definitely don’t do it justice.

Just before we went on our tour we took another quick trip to Notre Dame to see our beloved, beheaded Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris.

Some of the things we saw along the tour were many bridges and sites along the Seine.

Saint Denis (the beheaded saint)

Modern buildings in Paris

“Mike! Lean into the picture!”

Mr. Eiffel’s Tower

Gelato in flower form

Afterwards we headed back to the apartment looking for some food and stumbled upon Sormani restauration rapide (45 rue Daubenton, just off of Mouffetard) for some pizza.

After a nice nap we went for sorbet and ice cream at Gelati d’Alberto recognized for scooping the sorbet/ice cream into a shape of a flower. 3 Euros for one ice cream, two flavours.

We leave you tonight with a video of the Eiffel Tower as we ruin another night of sleep because of our two hours (or more) nap in the late afternoon.  Tomorrow we’ll try and figure out the Paris métro!