Who needs the Panama Canal, when you can see one right in the heart of the Paris's 10th arrondissement AND have a fabulous lunch to boot? Yes, H and I are in Paris, just for a few days, he to work, me not.
My friend, S, showed me the Canal St-Martin, just down the road from the Place de la République. Imagine a canal on a residential street in a big city and that's what this was like. Buildings on either side and a walkway along it...the canal was amazing. And this wasn't exactly Amsterdam, so it was completely unexpected!
We walked beside it and then S had obviously arranged for a barge to come just as we were there. The good news is that we saw various locks opening and closing with the barge sinking in the water. The bad news was it was JUST at that moment that my camera failed. Luckily, I was with a gifted photographer.
My friend, S, showed me the Canal St-Martin, just down the road from the Place de la République. Imagine a canal on a residential street in a big city and that's what this was like. Buildings on either side and a walkway along it...the canal was amazing. And this wasn't exactly Amsterdam, so it was completely unexpected!
We walked beside it and then S had obviously arranged for a barge to come just as we were there. The good news is that we saw various locks opening and closing with the barge sinking in the water. The bad news was it was JUST at that moment that my camera failed. Luckily, I was with a gifted photographer.
Picture by S
Picture by S
Gates closed. The bottom sluices opened to allow the lock to drain. It was very, very cool.
We followed our nautical adventure by lunch at 
This is what we had:
Basically, it was a Greek salad; and a Salmon Turnover (Chausson) with all kinds of goodies on the plates.
We couldn't turn down dessert - cheesecake, garnished with framboise purée.
More food and fun to come...
