![]() ![]() ![]() These shoulders were very helpful for boats to unload their cargo in the past, which is why they are there. Each bank of the Seine is basically lined in a stone wall, with a kind of shoulder right along the water’s edge that you can walk along. If you don’t want to pay for a tour, another way to get a similar view is to walk along the stone quays which line each side of the Seine. But the booming loudspeaker takes some of the romance out of it, though at least you know what you’re looking at! It is thrilling to float under the stone arches of the many, many bridges that arc over the river, each of them with their own history (such as, for example, the Pont Neuf which is not new at all by modern standards–built from 1578-1601). The landmarks, such as the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower were all lit up against the night sky, and the boat’s loudspeakers announced what each landmark was in several languages as we glided past them. When I took one of these tours I did it in the evening, and they served us red wine in plastic cups. The boats that run these tours are called bateaus mouches, and they have wide open roofs so tourists can take in the sights on each bank of the river. Bateau Mouche by the Louvre, Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons ![]()
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