{"id":188,"date":"2020-09-01T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/?p=188"},"modified":"2020-11-03T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:35:08","slug":"strolling-along-the-seine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravelllc.com\/blog\/strolling-along-the-seine\/","title":{"rendered":"Strolling along the Seine"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>This is my 4th in the Paris Travel Series. It\u2019s a holiday today\u2013<em>Assumption of Mary<\/em>\u00a0and most of the shops are closed; the markets, the butcher\u00a0and\u00a0all of the places along my favorite street, Rue Cler. \u00a0Only a few restaurants are opened. \u00a0I enjoy a leisurely lunch but spend most of the day in my apartment wor\u00a0king.\u00a0The highlight of the day comes late in the afternoon. \u00a0Still discovering my neighborhood, I decide to take a walk along the Seine River. The objective is to find my way to the river and back to the apartment with little or no assistance from the map. I do this with ease. \u00a0I expect the river on a holiday, and I suppose on any Sunday will be speckled with locals. I do expect to be\u00a0struck by the iconic imagery. I am living in a Renoir painting! This year, 2016, instead of long flowing dresses, the fashion is short and casual.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/freedomtoursllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paris-4-by-the-River.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I take note of every mode of pedestrian transportation imagineable; people simply walking, others pushing strollers, and the younger and active moving quickly through the crowds on skateboards, roller blades, and one, who had mastered a cross between a unicycle and a Segway. People sit at the rivers edge and talk lazily as though nothing were more important than the conversation. All this set at the foot of some of the most gorgeous bridges in the world. Paris has 35 bridges\u00a0and the one that I enjoyed for most of the day was dripping with gold and intricate design. \u00a0Along both left and right bank are restaurants and bars, and food trucks; some conveniently set out lawn chairs for their customers. \u00a0There they sit lounging as though they were on the\u00a0sandy\u00a0beach. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/freedomtoursllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paris-Siene-locals.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/freedomtoursllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paris-Siene-beach.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><br \/>When I begin my return back to the apartment I notice that there are very few people in the streets\u2013they are nearly empty, because of course it is a holiday, and because of course it is now after 6 o\u2019clock in the evening \u2013 all the people are at the edge of the River Seine.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my 4th in the Paris Travel Series. 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