A gentler day today. We walked down the St Martin canal then up to Parc de Belleville.

The canal disappears into a tunnel at this point, remerging by the Seine.

The park was constructed in the 60’s and is now starting to look a bit forlorn:

But the view of the Eiffel tower from the top was good:

There was a nice cafe at the top:

Then we wandered back down through the gardens:

From there, we walked back to the canal for a very pleasant beer:

And decided it was so nice, we’d have some Antipasti for lunch:

We then collected our bag from the hotel and walked to Gare du Nord to catch our train home:

Usual chaos with French passport control and security, but at least it isn’t 40C in the departure lounge like a previous occasion!

The rest of the journey home went reasonably smoothly. A good weekend.