Walking along the banks of the Seine, you will notice the moored barges which look inhabited with curtains at the windows, laundry on a line and perhaps a little kitten on the deck.

This is not the most common way of living in Paris but it is popular with rich foreigners, actors (such as Pierre Rishar) and famous mountaineers from the MacLaud clan. These barges can also be turned into floating restaurants, bars or night clubs and some of them, such as Batofar on the Quay Francois Moriaka (Quai François Mauriac) combine all these activities onboard.

Barge on the Seine