We legged it across a few blocks to hook up with our Segway tour and guide Pierre. It all started well and the other family joining us were from Sydney- small world.
The tour covered the Eiffel Tower, the Alexander III Bridge, the Military School, The Invalides and the Seine banks.
The statue you can see under the bridge is actually used to gauge the river height, for example when the river reaches his ankles the banks of the river are closed to visitors and the highest floods in saw water over levels rise over his shoulders.
Pierre was knowledgeable and interesting. Also as it turned out he was quite amazing as Amy lost control of her machine coming up from the river towards a very busy road and he dived off his Segway and stopped her from what could have been a nasty accident.
Even Jack was happy to cuddle Amy- We were all a bit shaken (Pierre included) but we managed to slowly finish the tour anyway and Amy is just fine. I'm not sure she'll be begging for a Segway tour again any time soon though.
We bid Pierre Au Revoir and headed off to meet Danielle, Alex, Hugo, Olive and Kit at the Place Des Voges park for the kids to have a play then enjoy lunch together.
Again we saw something new on our Metro journey- a pet rabbit and his owner sleeping rough. Today the musical entertainmemt on line 8 was a piano accordian, very authentic.
It was nice to catch up with our mates and compare travel notes, and the kids were thrilled to have friends to play with.
A nearby bistro hit the spot for lunch and a few glasses of wine. Very relaxing! It was a lovely area too, very traditional 'old paris' neighbourhood.
Being a Sunday we found most of our neighbourhood including supermarkets were closed! We had a drink at the bar downstairs then home for a dinner of nibbles and cheese, as we have an early start tomorrow. Reims and the champagne country for the day yippee!!
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