A River runs through it

The Seine runs through the middle of Paris.  On the rivers edge there are professionals having lunch, tourists walking, beach bums on a man made sandy beach, homeless living under the bridges are some of the examples of life next to the river.  The river is also a great place to get great views of the city.  There are dinner boats, river sight seeing cruises and even a water taxi service which services various stops on the river.

We took a one of the sight seeing cruises.  Crista found a cruise outfit that offered a greatly discounted rate for booking online then bringing the reservation code to redeem for tickets.  The rate was 10eur vs 14eur.

The cruise lasted an hour.  We started at the end of the Cite island below Pont Neuf, went past the Eiffel Tower and turned around.  Then we continued past our starting point to the other side of the St. Louis island and returned back to our starting point.  I'm glad we did the cruise at 7pm as the light for shooting photos was good.