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Wednesday Aug 28th : Paris
Up at 8 am : received an invitation ticket to a river outing given by the Club as an anniversary turnout : 400 present : on the boat at the Concorde 10.30 am & lovely trip along the river to St Cloud : thence to the large hotel & had dinner : about five courses wine of all kinds & finished up with Champagne for the toasts : most enjoyable trip : had nice company in a lady who had travelled much so conversation was not lacking : after dinner to the Cascades & photos taken : thence to the top of St Cloud hill & a descriptive lecture on the surrounding sights : where we stood was the hill captured by Fritz in 1870 & which commanding such a control over Paris made the French give in : a beautiful panoramic view of Paris was to be seen all the chief buildings easily distinguishable : the Eiffel tower & big wheel in foreground very prominent : invitation to tea by an English governess so Bill & I went : enjoyable & she related her experiences in Hunland & elsewhere : afterwards to another English lady's place & enjoyable time till 10 pm : home & bed after a glorious enjoyable day : the Seine has some lovely bridges across it & the scenery too is splendid :
Thursday Aug 29th : Paris
Up about 7.30 : went on trip to the "Goblins" the beautiful tapestry industry is now under Gov't control & is a National industry : the work is beautiful & far superior in richness of colour & life to the paintings that most are taken from : the work is very tedious &