Montemarte and the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur

We headed off late this morning up to Montemarte which is an area of Paris on a hill that is 130 metres high. There is a little train that goes up and down but we thought we would walk off 6 weeks of overeating instead. Its pretty easy to find as you just head uphill. Its a nice area of Paris, lots of apartment buildings on the way up, many with window boxes and colourful shutters. Also cobbled streets so its very quaint.





Up the top is a cluster of touristy shops and cafes. Lots of men walking around with sketch pads trying to talk the tourists in to having their portraits done. They attempt to flatter the young girls in to it coming up to them and saying how amazing they look and how they must draw them- they left me alone - I am officially old :(

The view of Paris from the top infront of the Sacré Coeur is amazing. Luckily the weather was clear and the sun even came out for a bit.




We went in to the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur. Its a lovely church with beautiful stained glass windows. The nuns were doing a service and singing - it all sounded lovely in French!

We had a look around the shops after then started heading down - unknown to us though we had headed over the other side of the hill and got lost! How happy were we to find out we had to walk back up the hill to get back over the other side.

As I type this we are both exhausted lying on the bed - have to build up to our next outing LOL!!