Paris continued...

Wednesday evening I headed up to Montmartre to meet up with Patricia - the woman I met in the airport line. She lives just north of Sacre Coeur. We toured around abit looking at shops and climbed up to the church - lots of stairs. This made us thirsty so we went to one of her favourite places out of the touristy areas and had a jug of wine and coucous - both were very delicious. It was a tiny little place popular with the locals - I just loved it. It was a great evening and I felt very french... oh la la...

Patricia and Sacre Coeur

Thursday - I felt that I need to do something cultural so headed out to the Musee d Orsay - a bit of a queue but not too long. A beautiful museum and of course beautiful art - Dega, Rodin, Matisse, Monet, Seraut and more... I then headed to the Jardin des Tuileries for yummy ice cream (the first in Paris) sitting by the fountain in the sun. Then to the Champs-Elysees - I must say that I was a bit disappointed with the Champs-Elysees - I did not expect it to be so commerical and noisey. I prefer Montmartre and other areas instead. My feet were aching (hmm... a theme...) so I headed back to the hotel to take a break and do this blog.