Sacre Coeur

On Wednesday, we had our first rainy day. It wasn't too bad, though. We went off in the afternoon, to try and find the German Operations room under the Gare de l'Est. Unfortunately, it's being worked on, and won't be open to the public until at least next year. A quick look at the map showed us that Sacre Coeur wasn't too far away, so off we went. In order to change trains fewer times, we took the metro to Chateau Rouge, and planned to walk. Stepping out onto Chicken St, we turned right instead of left. This took us to a very African part of Paris. It looked completely different. Eventually we were directed the right way, and walked up all the stairs to Sacre Coeur. At the top, near the church, is a beautiful park. The path is completely covered by a hanging ceiling of plants, which must look spectacular in bloom.

Sacre Coeur is a beautiful church. Inside there's a notice which says that someone is always praying there, day and night, and you can sign up to take a time slot during the night. There's also a sign which says that in 1944, thirteen bombs fell around the outside, and nobody was killed. It was a lovely place to sit peacefully for a while. Afterwards we walked down and made our way home. The Funiculair is a cable car which you can take up or down to save you walking the stairs. It's covered by regular transport tickets. We didn't see Montmartre really, and will have to get back there.