The Seine is not a wide river

As a kid, I was fascinated by civil engineering -- bridges, railroads, etc. -- and read lots of books on the subject. One of those books, discussing construction of a project in France, remarked that it did not involve a lot: "maybe two [segments], maybe three; the Seine is not a wide river."

The phrase has always stuck with me, because it seemed to present the width of the Seine as something that all civilized people knew, like the fact that the First World War started after an assassination in Sarajevo, or that the English drive on the left side of the road.

I mention this only because it gives me an excuse to post a nice picture of the Seine and let you make up your own mind as to its width: