Parisian Blog - Day 3 - Montmarte
Time for a different flavour of Paris. Today I went up to Montmarte, a centre of Toulouse le Trec’s Bohemian Revvovootion. An old, cobbled part of Paris, up on the hill overlooking the capital, very quant and nostalgic. The main attraction there is the Basilique du Sacre Cour, but I think it’s more likely the Moulin Rouge. The Red Windmill is in a veery seedy part of town, which I would not like to be in at night, so unfortunately my photos are missing the vivid red neon linings of the windmill.
When heading for Montmarte, I decided to take one M?tro stop beyond it, so I could start at the top of the hill and work my way down, but it turned out I just wound up on the other side of the hill and didn’t manage to avoid any uphills. Puffing up and down the hills in Montmarte was exhausting, so I headed back to the hotel for a rest.
Feeling I hadn’t filled my tourist quota for the day, I headed of the check out the (or rather, “a”) Pantheon, which is rather big.
After that I went back to have another stroll down Champs Elysees. Starting to feel I was all Parised out, I saw a Disney shop, and resolved to by a ticket for Disneyland (actually, the new Walt Disney Studios Park next to it) for tomorrow. Sacrilegious as it may sound, I just don’t think I have it in me to spend another day marching around a huge city and gloomy old buildings like this sightseeing, so I’m taking the day off to have some light-hearted fun.