The second day of l'Open Tour we rode the bus up to Montmartre and walked up the street that leads
to Sacre Coeur. We had considered a couple of places to rent in this area but since Bob was still recovering from knee surgery we weren't sure the more hilly area would be good for him. Or even if we could make the trek up the hill and all those stairs to Sacre Coeur. But it wasn't any trouble.
This is the area where much of the movie Amelie takes place or is filmed. It had been a long time since I had seen the movie so some of the shots that I took here were totally unplanned. Once we got back and I saw it again I realized that one key scene takes place at the carousel at the foot of the stairs. I took a shot of it as we were going back down to catch the bus.
This was one neighborhood where I thought we would spend more time, but we didn't. It rained everyday the first week we were in Paris. I didn't mind that since Mexico City was still in the dry season when we left, but it did affect the area where the artists set up their paintings in Montmartre. That combined with the push we felt to catch the Open Tour bus and move on to the next area resulted in us spending only enough time to climb to Sacre Coeur and snap a photo for our son of the Moulin Rouge on the way to the bus stop.
We did enjoy walking in the immediate area around Sacre Coeur. We didn't get to see the church as they were having a very high church mass when we arrived and we didn't feel comfortable playing the tourist during the worship service (that plus the deacon in the back was shushing everyone that came in). So we walked outside and when a lovely soft shower began we took refuge under the front porch of the church with all the other tourists and the street performers that minutes before had been entertaining everyone on the terrace below. It was a lovely place to get a good view of the city below.
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