Montmarte

... museum that is Paris! We shopped (all day Tuesday), we dined (foie gras, tiramisu, croissants), we toured (Notre dame, montmarte, st. germain). We were regular Parisians with Celine. What a beautiful city: next time, less packing, more space in ...

... way, we were struggling to get as much site seeing done to make up for our late morning. We managed to hike up Montmarte; quickly visited the Louvre; attended a service at Notre Dame; ran thru the Champs Elysees; dodged traffic at the Arc de Triomphe; ...

... not so starving. I went to go buy one from a guy and a tiny painting, really tiny, was 30 euros, I couldn't believe it. Montmarte had the cheapest tourist shops though, probably because you had to walk so much to get up there. It was really nice ...

... the girls dance, it became a place for shows. A show today is between 100-150 Euro. We enjoyed the rest of Montmarte: Restaurant where the show Amalee was filmed. Original windmills from ancient times Homes of artists. "Space invaders" graffitti artist's ...

... and and a quiche, coffee and finished with an eclair.  Delicious! Back into Paris we did a walking tour in Montmarte, starting at Moulon Rouge up to Sacre Coeur, past a vineyard dating bac to 1933 that still produces about 850 ...

... 's Easter celebrations and slowly shook the cobwebs from our brains. We're off - like a herd of turtles. Today we tackled the Montmarte area which includes the Sacre-Coeur (on top of a monstrosity of a hill), Van Gogh's house, the Moulin Rouge (ooh la ...

Today we plan to walk up to the Sacre Couer Basilica and visit the surrounding areas.  Might head to the big cemetery to the east, maybe walk to the Moulin Rouge. Kinda open for suggestions.. we'll see what ...

Go down early to have breakie and speak with a Brazilian guy and an Argentinian woman, shower and then pack up my stuff to move to the other Youth Hostel.  It is good that I have some of my stuff in the locker in Montparnasse Paris so I can go and ...

Hi all, I'll start by saying that I've got about four minutes left of internet (no three) so this one will be a short one. I promise to send you a better entry soon. We're in Paris which is delightful. It's really warm here and I haven't even ...

... at all actually. We had some time to explore before Kristin arrived, so Lizzy and I spent the afternoon exploring the Montmarte cemetery, walking along the river Seine (i think?), and becoming wine experts extraordinaire. I happen to think old cemeteries ...

... the top....will never forget how frightened he was! We then sat on the famous stairs below the cathedral, overlooking Montmarte and listening to the buskers surrounding us. I loved that moment! We then walked, stopping to buy french pastries, ...

... the Cathedral. There were some great vistas of Paris from the front of the cathedral and after enjoying the view we descended Montmarte via the Funicular - essentially a cable car that goes up and down the hill. We headed back into the centre of town ...

... view of the sparkling Eiffel Tower and a glass of wine with our tour guide and companions. After grabbing a delicious dinner at a Montmarte restaurant (with the best French onion soup in the world), we dragged our exhausted selves back to the hotel via ...