This is sunrise on the Seine, somewhere near Les Andelys. For some reason—probably jet lag, I suppose—I was up every morning during our Seine cruise and spent my time on the sun deck taking pictures and watching the crew. There were never more than one or two other passengers there. Just not an early-rising bunch, I guess.
We found out the hard way that the French do not get up early when we went on a birding trip in northern France. Fabulous bakeries on every street corner, and none are open before 9:00am, by which time we've been in the field for two hours already.