We woke to wet ground, misty skies &
our last day in Paris. We decided for a
bit of sight seeing and shopping. So it
was on the metro off to Abbesses station and breakfast at the base of the
Montmartre hill before taking the funicular up to the top next to Sacre Coeur to
take in the view – such as it was.
While we couldn’t see too far – perhaps 3
kms - the misty feel added a bit of what we often see in Paris paintings – that
foggy/misty feeling – so quite atmospheric and lovely. We did the obligatory tour through Sacre
Coeur and then the fine rain started. We
wandered the streets of Montmartre – both the one with kitsch tourist shops and
those off the beaten track. We ended up
walking down the hill on what I think was the north west side. We then headed off towards Boulevard
Haussmann for some shopping. We zig
zagged through the suburbs & found ourselves in an obviously poorer
neighbourhood with many north African and sub-Saharan Africans. So it was good to see another side of Paris.
After some serious looking and a bit of
shopping in LaFayette we headed home & then Rhonda went out doing a bit
more shopping.
We’re pretty tired so decided on an early
dinner – so that we would be ready for our 8am pick up tomorrow. We went back across the road to the café we
dined at previously called Chartier & had a lovely French dinner – with us
finding our way around the menu well enough.
So, bags almost packed we fell into bed, ready for the long haul home which starts in the morning. Its a relatively civilised start with an 8am pick up.
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