Paris By Night

One of the must-do's is to go for a walk after dark in Paris. It really is beautiful, and we've done it before, several times, sometimes deliberately, sometimes not. I had been reading John Baxter's Five Nights in Paris, fun intellectual reading but not at all practical, and was keen for the walk. Basically we did the traditional thing, which is walking the river from the Louvre downstream till you've seen enough of the Eiffel Tower, then back upstream to Notre Dame, or, now, the Hotel de Ville or Cite. Being 70-somethings, we remembered to take a nap, eat a light meal, wear comfortable shoes, etc. We also factored in that, being close to the solstice, dark doesn't come until 10:30 or so. It was a fun walk, despite the fact we didn't get back to the apartment until 1:30.

Full moon, no less!