Christmas Day

Last night the Church Bells started pealing and it was just lovely lying in bed listening to them as they seemed to move from church to church around the city and there are plenty of churches.  

We woke this morning to a call from Sean, Kathy and Marcel.  Great to hear their christmas day stories.
We just had our usual breakfast then Ian could not resist opening his chocalates and have just 'one'!!
It will take him a while to get through this box though.  Maybe we will have to give up the eclairs we have discovered from the patisseries (cake shops) around about us.  We have been doing a taste test each night after dinner.

We had Christmas Lunch on a Cruise Boat on the Seine which was just wonderful and very posh.
We arrived early and sat inside in the warm enjoying the people watching.   Whilst we ate we floated up around the Islands as far as the National Library and then back down past the Statue of Liberty and around back to where we started on the quay (two or so hours). We had a window table which gave us great views from this perceptive. We also saw some places we still haven't walked around so these will be places to visit during the next week.


Here we are midway through lunch just as we were turning around near the National Library.

 We had five courses followed by coffee and macaroons and appropriate wines served with each course.  Needless to say we did not need dinner tonight. 

When we went off this morning the streets were strangely quiet and deserted however after getting off the boat we walked back up under the Eiffel Tower and were just amazed at the crowds.  People were lined up for miles to go to the top of the tower and many others just wandering around. 

Thanks for all the sms messages.  It was lovely to get these.  




The Crowds around the Eiffel Tower after lunch