The end of our stay in Paris.

We survived Bastille Day but the build-up to The Football World Cup was keeping pace with us.

The lead up games to the final were slightly noisy after the wins, with drunken singing, the continual use of car horns, and the necessary smoke flares, car rocking( or climbing).  That’s not taking into consideration the continual car police sirens.!!!!!

Steph, Bill and Min watching a lead up game at the local Marina bar…

THEN came the final match on Sunday-------- with the support team.

Watched the game in sweltering heat in the Capitainaires room with lots of rowdy French, faces painted, beer & wine, flags waving and the repeated singing of La Marseilleise. And all this didn’t compare with what happened around us after The French team won the World Cup!!!

Needless to say, the noise finally stopped around 6 am on Monday am. A lot of tired looking people around till Monday evening when the Victorious Team paraded down the Champs-Elysees with the fighter jet fly past.

In the mean time we had booked into see a cabaret show at the Lido, the four B’s..( Bums, boobs, boa’s and bubbly) where there was a dress code…

This meant a chance for the boys to do a bit of shopping. 

BUT BUT WAIT, there’s more…. because of the bloody football, Monday morning the email arrived to say show was cancelled due to the parade.

so the shirts will have to

wait for an airing on another day.

Sam and I managed a little bit  of intellectual culture and visited the Musee d’Orsay. Saw an amazing selection of paintings by Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Renoir, Cezanne and a Rodin sculpture.

We also managed to catch up with good school friend Jo and husband Jim who live in Paris for a lovely meal out.

So now we have left Paris and are heading down south with Wok and Sam on board and Bill and Min keeping us company.

Our route will take us from Paris, down the Haute Seine, Canal du Loing, Canal de Briare and Lateral, down to Decize and Digoin and up to Chalon-sur-Soane.