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Graeme and Cheryl, you both did an excellent job with the angle of that photos. Impressive! What a romantic view of Paris from the boat! The dinner so far looks delicious as well.
Saturday 22 March – part eight: seeing some stunning buildings and enjoying fine dining
Soon we were passing by the Louvre, and it really is only from here that you can appreciate how huge this building is. It seems to go on forever…
I always find it very sad to see the La Samirataine building, as we used to love going there to enjoy lunch at their restaurant, overlooking the Seine, but sadly the building is now closed.
Immediately in front of it was Ile de la Cite, home to Notre Dame, and we had some lovely views as we went past it.
This wins the prize for surreal shot of the night - the advertising just isn’t in keeping with the rest of it!
We really did luck out with our table, as we were on the right side both ways along the Seine for the Notre Dame. I guess that’s perhaps why we paid more than the people on the other side of the boat? Sorry these aren’t the greatest – again, I was having issues with the glare from the boat!
Something else I loved seeing were the people out along the sides of the Seine. It certainly wasn’t a warm evening – I’d say it was maybe in the mid to high 30s and for those of you in the States, thinking that’s quite warm after the winter you’ve had, bear in mind, we’d been enjoying temperatures in the 60s the few days before this, so this was cold to us… Some of the people would wave at us, and Mark would oblige and wave back, which was fun, but can you imagine having this place to hang out in the evening? How cool would that be?
It was about this time that our entrees came out, and it was a beautifully timed meal. I went for the filet of sea bass, moist violent artichoke, and lemon shellfish sauce. I didn’t have any option on that in fairness, as the other three dishes were meat ones. As to whether there is a genuine vegetarian dish available, I don’t know. I suspect they probably would have one in reserve, but it wasn’t a question I needed to ask, so I’m not sure. The dish was lovely, and I was pleasantly surprised by it, as I’m no fan of artichoke, but the flavours blended together really well together in it.
Mark had the fillet of beef tournedos “Rossini”, porcini mushrooms and Perigueux sauce. I heard no complaints from him about it. Again, not a good shot – I was trying to avoid using flash, and really this shot did need it!
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The pictures really do showcase the city at night, despite the glare. Makes me wish we hadn't passed on the Seine cruise years ago. Another reason to go back, I suppose!
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Wow! This dinner and all of the amazing scenery looks wonderful! I am definitely putting this on my list of things to experience! We have been to Europe several times, but not yet made it to France. Hoping for that Paris runDisney race rumor to turn into something real!
I also wanted to add that I listened to you on the podcast this week. You did such a great job explaining DVC and how nice it truly is to have!
Love the scenery! Next time, you just need to bring a big black scarf, and tell Mark to hold it behind you to fight the glare. I'm SURE he'd oblige!
I was also going to ask about the violent artichoke. I guess that's the warning the little artichokes get, if you're too violent, you'll end up on the dinner plate, so play nice with each other!
Dinner looked delicious, and I'm imagining there is a spectacular dessert to follow. Afterall, this is France! (hum along now!)
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What a romantic view of Paris from the boat! The dinner so far looks delicious as well. 
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- the advertising just isn’t in keeping with the rest of it! 
Some of the people would wave at us, and Mark would oblige and wave back, which was fun, but can you imagine having this place to hang out in the evening? How cool would that be? 
The dish was lovely, and I was pleasantly surprised by it, as I’m no fan of artichoke, but the flavours blended together really well together in it. 
certainly looks out of place! 
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