The beautiful and tourist elusive Canal Saint-Martin is closed for cleaning. It is done every 10-15 years, and what interesting things are sighted mired in the muddy bottom. It seems that many of the velib bikes for rent have been found among shopping carts, lost cell phones and a boom box (perhaps it got too heavy?).
There are actually fish living in the water of the canal; they had to be relocated for the three months that the canal will be empty and cleaned.
Here is a link to one of the articles on the canal cleaning:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2016/jan/06/sunken-treasures-of-paris-canal-saint-martin
And one of my favorite shots of the canal taken the first time I strolled along its banks:
PS - you can see the canal in its sparkling clean glory on the Paris-Barcelona 2016 trip!
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