Hotel du Nord is right along the Canal St Martin, now a trendy area (with a wonderful market down by Bastille on a Sunday). This mural picks up the watery theme, though rowers surely are more common on rivers than canals -
This tour boat, going through the lock (huge, deep lock!) had just two passengers -
After the boat was through, the gate had to close ... the finally the waiting traffic could go again -
Here are the jolly shops above the lock -
and the interior of one of them - the spotty china reminds me of my aunt's breakfast service, in Hannover in the early 1950s - like mushrooms in fairy tails -
To resist temptation, I sat across the street and watched the world go by till it was train time -
This tour boat, going through the lock (huge, deep lock!) had just two passengers -
After the boat was through, the gate had to close ... the finally the waiting traffic could go again -
Here are the jolly shops above the lock -
and the interior of one of them - the spotty china reminds me of my aunt's breakfast service, in Hannover in the early 1950s - like mushrooms in fairy tails -
To resist temptation, I sat across the street and watched the world go by till it was train time -
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