A WISH!

Sometimes it’s nice to sit back and enjoy Paris like a tourist and part of yesterday was spent aboard a bateau mouche navigating the river from Île de la Cité to the Eiffel Tower round the Île St Louis and back again. From the river, you get quite a different perspective on the sights and can appreciate the magnificent architecture of (some of) the 34 bridges spanning the Seine. On passing under the Pont Marie (above) apparently you have to make a wish and, according to legend, if you want your wish to come true, you have to kiss the person sitting next to you. Honestly, these French will use any old excuse to do more kissing!