The end of "l'Eté du Canal"
Monday, August 29, 2011 Publié par Eric Tenin
This Monday it's definitely "La rentrée" (back to school). Shops and offices will fully reopen, tourists are on the leave... and all the Paris summer activities are about to end. Paris Plage of course, which closed a couple of weeks ago and l'été du canal (summer at the canal) where you could attend concerts, see various exhibits, eat at a terrace, even take a very cheap cruise, all this on or along the Ourcq canal, a canal that goes from inside Paris to the Northern suburbs. Very nice. As for me, I'm in Marseille today, so I'll be by the sea;-)
August 29, 2011 12:09:00 AM GMT+02:00
Is the Canel St Martin part of the OurCq canel system? How do you pronounce that, anyway?
August 29, 2011 12:09:00 AM GMT+02:00
Canal and ourcq
August 29, 2011 2:00:00 AM GMT+02:00
Sad to see the start of the end of summer activities and kids off to school. To me it is bittersweet.
Kris
August 29, 2011 3:34:00 AM GMT+02:00
Hope you're having a great time and enjoying some bonne bouillabaisse! (My cousin was the American consul in Marseille and loved it so much he would like to go back there when he retires.)
August 29, 2011 5:16:00 AM GMT+02:00
SUMMER IS NOT OVER! BLASPHEMY!!!
August 29, 2011 2:33:00 PM GMT+02:00
Meeting with Guéant, Aubry or just bouillabaisse, soleil, Pastis and good times ???
August 29, 2011 2:52:00 PM GMT+02:00
You are SO right, Jeff!! We still have one more week, I will not give up too soon! SAVOR SUMMER! (*climbs down off soapbox*)
I hope you have a wonderful time in Marseille, Eric. We are going to enjoy our last few days of nicely warm temps and the sun. :)
August 29, 2011 5:32:00 PM GMT+02:00
Another summer not spent in Paris! Ah, what a waste.
August 29, 2011 11:45:00 PM GMT+02:00
@PHX. No I think they are two different canals, but I'm not sure really. It's a bit complicated...
@Jeff, yes, summer is not gone, but the vacation season is gone - In France anyway, we just reopened!
@Christie. I just spend a few hours in Marseille, enough to have lunch to Roniece, another true PDP visitor!
August 30, 2011 8:40:00 AM GMT+02:00
Canal de l'Ourcq and Canal Saint-Martin are indeed two different canals. The bassin de la Villette (which is a kind of "reservoir") is in between the two canals. Hope this helps.