Paris - Day 6

Not really a full day today, and not the day we planned, but a fun day nonetheless.

We went to Sacre-Coeur this morning, the first stop on what we thought would be a tour of Montmartre. The basilica was gorgeous and the history behind it was quite interesting. It was more serene than the circus at Notre-Dame, which was a step in the right direction. The only drawback was: no pictures inside the church. That was unfortunate, as some of the dome paintings and stained glass were magnificent.

We had planned to trek further into Montmartre after Sacre-Coeur, but it wasn't as inviting as we had hoped. There were copious amounts of broken bottles everywhere and the atmosphere was a little dreary. We decided to move on.

We went back towards the downtown and the Rue Royale that we had passed through yesterday. We got a closer look at the Church of Mary Magdalene that we saw yesterday. It was unique, with religious modern art in some of the side niches.

After lunch, and dropping 27 euros at the mustard shop (lemon & harissa, chablis & morels, garlic & lemon, parmesan & basil, rhubarb & thyme, fine herbs, dill & lime and a l'ancien), we wandered down the retail avenue, window shopping at all the big labels - Chanel, Cartier, Dior, Yves St. Laurent and many more. Fiona's favorite, Hermes, agreed to swap some of our quite unfashionable euros for their somewhat more fashionable scarves. How kind.