From there, we rode to Notre-Dame cathedral, which we explored before switching to even more exotic transport the Batobus, a boat that not only took us east to the Jardin des Plantes botanic gardens and a zoo (whose tiger Madeline tells, "pooh-pooh") but also beneath the Pont Neuf, the bridge Madeline teeters atop (in the first book) and falls from (in the second).

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The rector of Notre-Dame, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin, said it appeared to be the first suicide in decades at the cathedral.

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