It was a day of a lot of walking – a really enjoyable day but after several hours on our feet (yesterday wasn’t a light one either), our backs and feet were feeling it.
This is me on a very long set of stairs leaving the Pont de Bir Hakeim. Picture worth a million words, non?
As we were still in the area of the Eiffel Tower and Trocadero and yet were getting a bit thirsty and hungry AND since Francois was really interested in seeing the Musée de la Marine we headed back in the direction of Trocadero Square. Stopped in the surrounding gardens, finished the second sandwich and mini Bollinger and headed up to the museum.
As an added bonus there was also a special and very impressive exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the construction of the ocean liner S.S France. ( an added bit of history: http://www.gjenvick.com/HistoricalBrochures/Steamships-OceanLiners/FrenchLine-CGT/1912-PaquebotFrance.html )
The permanent exhibits in the museum were also very impressive going into great detail with models and other displays demonstrating navigational evolution from the early 17th century to present day.
Francois is trying to decide on which model kit of which ship to bring or send back to Canada so he can construct it during his ‘retirement’. Notice the parenthesis?
Day over....whew!!!!!
