We surfaced the metro at one of the only remaining intact original Metro entrances.
We worked our way over to the base of Sacré Coeur.
We spotted a recent statue dedicated to Cavalier de la Barre, who in 1766 was singing a song and did not doff his hat to some nearby monks. So, they cut out his tongue, decapitated him and burnt his body.
We decided to climb to the top of Sacré Coeur. With minimal line up and only 5€ each, it seemed like a much better way to get a view than at the Eiffel Tower. We figure with all those stairs and no elevator, most people were giving it a pass. But it was totally worth it.
We popped out on the roof to see how much further we had to go.
At the top the view was amazing.
Going down...
We enjoyed a cardiac crépe for lunch - bacon, potato, onion in some sort of bechamel with raclette! We're going to invest in a defibrillator!
Next, we checked out the Dali museum. It was ok, but there weren't actually many original works - sculptures were basically licensed by Dali, so he didn't even make the model from which the castings were done. Also, sketches were lithographs. And there wasn't even one of his fabulous paintings. Oh well...
We wandered around Montmartre a bit more. Recognize this place? M. Collignon wasn't there.
Intellectual grafitti:
We found the fabric district. There were 6 floors of stuff at Marché Saint Pierre. We gave it a quick look, but didn't buy anything.
This was worse than Value Village. It was piles of clothing in bins! Maybe it was cheap, but we didn't have the patience to investigate.
And we didn't forget to go looking for the windmill (Moulin).
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