Paris - Day 2 - May 21, 2015

I've been fighting something the last week and a half and decided to stay in this morning to see if "fluids and bed rest" would do any good. The girls did a hop on/hop off tour which they thought would give them a good overview of the city. They got back to the apartment at 1:30 pm and we left shortly thereafter for Montmartre/Sacre Coeur and the Moulin Rouge.

We had to travel on three train/metro lines to get to the base of Montmartre, but did so without a hitch. In fact, there was a train waiting for us every time we had to transfer. Had lunch at the base of Montmartre and then worked off lunch on the 300 step climb to Sacre Coeur.

View of Sacre Coeur AFTER our 300 step climb

Toured the interior of the church and then decided we hadn't climbed enough stairs so we bought dome tickets and climbed to the top of the center dome, meaning ANOTHER 300 steps! But the view was worth it.

Can you see the Eiffel Tower in the distance?

After climbing back down, round and round and round (funny how you don't notice how circular it is on the way up), we did a little shopping on the Rue Norvins and then wound our way down the hill toward the Moulin Rouge.

The famous (infamous?) Moulin Rouge

Got back to the apartment around 8:00 pm or so. Had dinner in again (pizza and salad) and now doing a load of laundry, which won't finish up until after 11:00 pm. Think we'll play another game of cards.