Basilique du Sacre-Coeur

We visited the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, or the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. It's located on a hill that's the highest point in the city. It was quite the walk to get up there. :)

There was a harpist playing there. He sounded really nice.

It has a great view of the city.


The dome inside.

We went up in the dome, but the crypte was closed that day. The tickets are bought from an automated machine and five people in front of us couldn't get their cash to go in and gave up. I, however, was able to get ours in. People cheered for us.
Part of the way up included walking along the roof top.





The stairs going down.

One of the gargoyles.
Looking up from the ground.
It's right in the neighborhood of Montmartre, which is an artisits neighborhood. There were a ton of artists selling their paintings or offering to sketch you. Not a character sketch, but a nice, real life sketch.
We ate lunch in a cafe there.
That pink restuarant was near by and Gavin got the best crepe he has ever had there. He is still raving about it.
Since we were nearby, we walked over to the Moulin Rouge. It looked a lot different than we thought it would. I guess I was expecting something more like in the movie. It was in a pretty seedy neighborhood with sex shops and strip clubs everywhere. We left pretty quickly.

The Assemblee Nationale

This is the Armory Museum. We didn't get there in time to tour it, but we were able to walk around the grounds for a bit. Napoleon's tomb is in there, I believe.



We also wanted to see the Rodin Museum, but didn't make it to that in time. We mostly wanted to see The Thinker. While we were walking on the sidewalk next to it, we look over and could see The Thinker's butt in the garden of the museum.

Paris was a wonderful city and we had such a great time there. I really didn't want to leave. There really is something magial about there. This was our first time in a place that spoke a different language that neither of us understood. We were able to get by with a couple of phrases alright. I hope we are able to visit again soon!