Sat in a couple of sidewalk cafes and did a lot of walking

The sidewalk cafes were fun to sit in and watch and listen to the world, you hear a lot of different dialects in the course of a half hour to an hour sitting.  I had lunch on the Avenue des Champs Elysees, nothing fancy- meat, cheeses, a baguette, and a glass of red wine.

The day started by leaving the hotel at 6:00am and walking to and along the Seine. The day was long and involved quite a bit of walking, sait along the Seine for awhile and watched the water traffic.
Had the first of 7 attempts at the same scam pulled on me- A person (only 2 were men) would bend down and pick up a gold wedding band off the ground and ask if you lost it.  They would say what a shame that someone lost their treasure- and look it has an inscription on the inside.  This next part varied- but the guy told me that I should either give it to the authorities or perhaps keep it for when I met my true love and give it to her because it would be special since it was found in Paris.  THEN, and you know there is a then- you get about two steps and they start asking for money.  What an interesting scam.  I had it attempted 6 more times over the course of the day.  I watched one women and she was pathetic at it, with a person watching she would place it on the ground and then pick it up all in one motion.

I am heading down for breakfast and then to the Eiffel Tower- today is National day in France with parades and then fireworks tonight at 11pm in front of the Tower.  Today is supposed to be a nice day as compared to yesterday when it stayed in the mid 60's with drizzle and rain showers all day.

Houseboats along the Seine

Quite breathtaking the first time you catch a glimpse of the tower. The weather was like this all day.

Front of the Lourve.

Sidewalk view of a section of the Champs-Elysees

The traffic that goes around it is insane.  I will post a video later.