For about the last week and a half, we've finally gotten some beautiful sunny weather! We pulled out our short sleeved shirts (yes, all two of them), and we've been enjoying the sun. One day this week we took a three-hour boat ride down Canal St. Martin. I know, that sounds long, but we had beautiful scenery and baguettes and cheese!
One of the highlights of the trip was going through several locks. The elevation changes by 24 meters (I'll let you figure out how many feet that is) from the beginning of the trip to the end (near the Seine). So a lock provides a way to help the boat gradually get lower. That's my best description. Here's a link I found that might make the process clearer.
Here's our boat coming into one of the locks. Notice the metal bridge up ahead.
I took this picture below a few minutes later. Notice how we've gone down! And you can just see a little of the metal bridge now.
And now here's the gate opening, to let us out:
While the locks were cool, we also enjoyed just looking at the scenery.
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| An elevated walkway |
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| This is a science museum, and inside the huge reflecting ball is a 360 degree theater. |
We were in the Bastille area at the end of the boat ride, so I had to take a picture of this:
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| No, this isn't the Bastille prison, but it's an Opera House that stands where the Bastille used to be. |
This monument below is the Colonne de Juillet (July Monument), which commemorates the fall of the Bastille during the French Revolution. The statue at the top represents liberty.
After we got off the boat, we walked through this pretty archway/garden area:
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