Today we headed north to start the journey back, the way we had come, to the Channel. We both enjoyed the sights of Paris, from the river, on our own boat. You somehow feel privileged to be allowed to cruise through such a major city. By 2:00 pm we were moored up in Rueil Malmaison which left us time to visit La Maison Fournaise. It is a familiar place to all art lovers in the world. From its balcony, overhanging the river, Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted The Luncheon of the Boating Party in 1881, now part of the Phillips Collection in Washington.The building now contains both a Restaurant and a museum dedicated to the ‘guinguettes’ (open-air cafes and dance-halls) which spread out on the river Seine banks in the 1860s. Maison Fournaise was popular with many artists including: Renoir, Degas and many others, used to meet to paint and relax.
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