Today we visited:
- Montmartre, narrowly avoiding the hawkers at Sacré Coeur, followed by lunch of toasted sandwiches at our first French brasserie and a compulsory sighting of Moulin Rouge.
Metro station at Montmartre. What you can't see if the never-ending spiral staircase we had to climb to get out of here!
Sacre Coeur is in a great spot with views of all of Paris. It's a little gloomy inside, however.
Café des Deux Moulins, where Amelie worked.
The Moulin Rouge.
- Hôtel des Invalides where we were impressed by the grandeur of Napoleon's tomb (his sarcophagus is enormous) and the stone suits of armour decorating the garret windows.
The huge and detailed garret windows of the Hôtel des Invalides.
- UNESCO, where we joined a tour group (the only way to see this out-of-place brutalist building since September 11)
Garden at UNESCO.
- St Germain, including the old, old church and Laudurée (yes, again), where D had a chocolate religieuse and E an Ispahan (rose macaroon filled with raspberries and lychees).
A shop window in St Germain. Look at how small those dolls get!
Later we had a beautiful French meal at Le Petit Chatelet overlooking Notre Dame, followed by a browse around the bizarre Shakespeare & Co English language bookshop.
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