Paris après-midi
The rain we saw approaching from the Eiffel Tower continued on its way, so Stephanie and I did likewise, taking the Metro up to Montmartre, a northern neighborhood of Paris featured in Amélie and highly recommended by Stephanie’s sister. We got off the metro and walked to the base of the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, and saw several hundred (more!) steps in front of us. Why not?
This is what we saw when we got to the top:
At this point I was positively on the lookout for things I could point my camera straight up at, and I did so in the entrance to the Sacré Cœur—and took a picture I quite like.
My feet and legs were pretty sore from all these stairs, so after the obligatory church walk-through we ambled down through the cobblestone streets of Montmartre when we came upon a surprisingly familiar sight. Can you guess what this reminded us of?
Got our first Parisian panini (finally!), I believe it was 4 fromages, and stopped to rest our feet.
We saw the Moulin Rouge from across the street, sort of waved ‘hi’, and then took the Metro back to the hotel to chill before going out to dinner at La Bocca with Stephanie’s friend from Nice, Servane. Which is when I discovered, It’s Tires! The Metro runs on tires!
Note: in blogtime, this took place on Monday, March 19, 2007.
the little market reminded you or amelie? when my wife and i were in paris for our honeymoon we had that moment when we saw the carousel.
Bingo. It’s Monsieur Collignon’s market. Here’s a screencap that shows the left side. Here’s another.
Amelie moments, eh? I like that. Much better than the DiVinci Code, I guess. In Paris we were staying in a hotel near St. Sulpice Cathedral which apparently played a significant role in the movie (or the book, I’m not sure which).
This is cool: I just stumbled on to more information on the Paris’ Rubber-tyred metro.