Last day in Paris then onto Barge

Today is our last day in Paris before we head to the barge for our 7 days of cruising.  The weather has been to not  good, rainy, cold and sometimes very windy.  As my friend Teresa says it is not bad weather but bad clothing and we are prepared for the bad weather.  With only a few hours left we need to explore the Sacre Coeur a beautiful basillica located in the Monmarte area of Paris.  The metro gets us within a few blocks and we begin to hike up steep stairs to the top.  While climbing Bob is approached by 2 men trying to tie some string around his wrist to make a bracelet.  Jim, Gail and I are not sure what is going on but keep yelling at him to look out for himself.  It appears these men were attempting to pick pocket him, in the end his arms are flaling as he wards them off, he saunters away without incident.  After finally reach the top of the stairs we turn around to see the perfect panoramic view of Paris.  We are on a tight time schedule today so that we can get to the barge by late afternoon.  We arrive at the hotel just in time to be met by our driver Glen where we all pack in the van for our 3 hour drive to our new house for the week.  The barge is C'est la Vie  http://www.bargesinfrance.com/cestlavie.htm   which is a  privately owned barge captained by Oliva, and crew member Deborah, Ruthie and chief Anue.  For the next days they will be exposing us to the history of the Burgandy area, serving us lovely meals, supplying the bar, ad making sure we are happy with our stay.  Our first night on the boat we were moored at Raviere on the canal de bourgoun.  We were served a nice  dinner that  included wine  paired  with the following courses:   scallop ceviche, braised lamb with a wine reduction, cheese platter, and a macaroon topped with cream.  The night  ended dancing to great songs that were downloaded on Beth Grangers iphone.  A great action packed