Byron...

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Up and out and up past the Pantheon to Rue Moufftard for breakfast outside a little Boulangerie...

Then we walked down past all the enticing food shops....

..and on through the square at the end of this long, interesting street...

...and on to the Metro at Gobelins....

From here we took the train to L'Arc de Triomphe - which is huge - much bigger in reality than I'd imagined from photos - I don't think we were this close to it in 1982...

...then our walking continued as we headed down the Champs Elysee....

...and on to the Grand Palais, where we took a seat in the gardens and listened to the clarinet player who was serenading the queues waiting to gain entrance to the museum...

We walked on past the Petit Palais opposite, looking over the Seine to Les Invalides, built by Napoleon...

You can just see it in the distance with its guilded dome...

Then we bought a day ticket for a river boat and awaited its arrival...

It took over an hour for the trip from here up to the Eiffel Tower and then back down to Notre Dame...

It was unbearably hot and crowded. The boat was aptly named "Bastille"...

Alighting at Notre Dame, we made our way over the river to the area we'd been in yesterday and enjoyed a tasty wee ice cream each...

...and then headed into a museum close to the Place des Vosges, where we'd been on Friday...

...before making the long walk back to the Hotel again for a bit of a rest...

Then back out, with the intention of rejoining the boat and taking the second part of the cruise around the Seine...

But the queue was so long we didn't make it on and so, instead, we went for a drink, once again enjoying the warm weather and watching the world go by...

After our refreshment break, we headed back to the boat station and, this time, managed to get onboard...

We stood out at the back of the boat and watched the scenery go by...

...eventually disembarking at the Louvre and, once again, set out on a long walk home, via the Blvd St Germain...

Arriving back at our hotel, we walked on past and back up to where we'd enjoyed breakfast what seemed like an age ago...

We found a little restaurant for dinner, where we appear to have been served by the long-dead ex-frontman of Uriah Heep, Mr David Byron...

Here he is taking a well earned break, sitting by the motorbikes opposite the restaurant...

After an "excellent and tasty" meal, we walked back down the hill...

...with the intention of ending the day at the little bar we'd found last night but, unfortunately, it was closed on Sundays...

...so we contented ourselves with a couple of cans of beer from the grocery store opposite the hotel and watched tonight's football...

Spain ran out winners on penalties over the Italians after a hard fought 0-0 draw...

Last day tomorrow...

Highlight of the Day : Discovering the Moufftard Area