tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post4503806144919544619..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Waters of the Seineelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-48834414683379145242008-04-28T07:57:00.000-04:002008-04-28T07:57:00.000-04:00Very interesting, Alexandra! Thanks for the backgr...Very interesting, Alexandra! Thanks for the background.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-50477456253443738042008-04-27T22:08:00.000-04:002008-04-27T22:08:00.000-04:00I love rivers with history, especially the Seine. ...I love rivers with history, especially the Seine. I always have to do the touristy thing and ride the Bateau Mouche when I visit Paris. I really want to take the children there someday. I think(hope)they'd love it as much as I did when I was little...and as an adult(giggle).<BR/><BR/>Richmond, Va. now has a nice historical boat trip down the restored river front. Much the same as the Seine, it was an important barge throughway. I found some old civil war pictures of an area(Library of Congress online) where we had stood that was so different than today. No nice concrete embankments, just mud...and the burned our city of Richmond in the background.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356420873078531863noreply@blogger.com