One Last Night in Paris

We have seen Paris from a bus, walking the streets, and from the Eiffel Tower. Now it was time to see the city from a boat. We took off on our cruise down the Seine River. It was relaxing to sit for a while. However, all the buildings were familiar and they are no more spectacular when seen from the water. The Eiffel Tower gave way to more pictures and the statue of liberty paved the way to the end of the cruise. We boarded our mercedes bus once more and drove past the tunnel of Princess Diana's death on our way to the artist's village. After making our way up to the tallest hill in Paris, we were able to see the large city from above. Greeting us at the top were many people sitting on the steps of a church listening to a musician with a backdrop of Paris. Sitting around the corner was a group of artists painting pictures of people willing to pay the price they asked (Ashlee was really disappointed we did not get one done because those crazy frenchmen were asked 80 euros for one picture...thats 120 US Dollars). The smell of food was in the air around another corner and Ashlee had a crepe filled with chocolate and I had a hot dog toasted with cheese. As the evening began to wind down, we made our way back to the hotel and sat with a few people from our group at the hotel bar. Two 7ups cost 12 euros but it was worth enjoying the two Australian women become louder as they drank their wine. One did not have any grandchildren but if she did, she hoped they would come out at the age of 18 so they could drive her to the pub (lets just say these women love a few drinks here and there). After a few laughs we retired for the evening anticipating what might be in store for us across the English Channel.