Tuesday was a slow start.
Last day.
Packing up, the hotel is really good. Great service and staff.
They also offer to keep baggage till the evening if you need to go enjoy your day unencumbered before departing.
So we left our bags and did the usual walk to the Metro and got guidance on getting to Sacre Coeur and also how to get back to the Gare du Nord station by bus for our Eurostar train in the evening.
Tickets again silly cheap.
Getting us here in no time.
We took a walk around the area.
Then checked out this cookie shop followed by coffee in a coffee shop where the "hostess" waitress invited us from outside.
Originally from Ethiopia, she came to France 7 years ago and is very good at her job. All 5' of her.
Then the long climb up to Sacre Coeur.
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871[1] crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.[2]
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.
Of course you should not take photos.
But I did.
Could not, not do it.
These places of worship are magnificent.
And here I saw what is probably one of my life mottos.
Back outside I did one quick panorama shot.
Lastly. A quick video.
CLICK LINK.
Back in a bit.
Part two uploading.