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| Breakfast from Hure
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| My breakfast pastry from Hure: pain raisin. Quite good, with tons of
raisins. The yellow is some sort of dairy product, thankfully not
butter (which would be overwhelming in the quantity provided).
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Incidentally, this was the fourth time I visited Hure:
first,
second,
third.
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| Montmartre
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| Place des Abbesses in Montmartre has a flea market and a colorful
carousel.
| The market mostly sold furniture, home decor, and old books. The
square, as you can see, also has some sculptures scattered around.
| A stylist Art Nouveau metro station entrance.
We saw a few of
these in Paris, though none quite as complete (covers the whole
stairway, still has original railing, etc.).
| Square Jehan-Rictus, a pleasant green park, adjoins Place des Abbesses.
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| The square has this large chalkboard which seems to have proclamations
of love written in countless languages and scripts. How many do you
recognize? This could be part of a good Game clue.
| Saint Jean l'Evangeliste de Montmartre church has some Islamic
influences.
| Inside.
| Di Yin says the Islamic influences are evidenced by these arches.
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| Two crowded streets separated by the thin strip of buildings.
| Place du Tertre is a square with many artists.
| Many paint/sketch/draw portraits.
| Some artists in the square are quite good.
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| Saint Pierre de Montmartre church, with Sacre Coeur in the background.
| Stained glass inside. The stained glass in this church was installed
after WWII. The previous glass was destroyed in the war.
| The stained glass has a vaguely cubist feel.
| The sun made a nice splotch of color on the floor.
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| A window that yielded colorful patterns on both the windowsill and the
floor.
| Close-up of the window and the windowsill.
| Close-up of the floor.
| A view of Paris from one of Montmartre's hills.
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| Montmartre still has a couple of old windmills (none working). This one
is Moulin de la Galette and now houses a restaurant.
| Looking down one of Montmartre's steep streets. My there are lots of
shutters! In the distance is the Dome Church.
| A close-up of the Dome Church using my camera's 10x optical zoom plus 4x
digital zoom.
| The lively street Rue des Abbesses. This is far from the touristy
center of Montmartre (Sacre Coeur, various squares, etc.); I think most
of the people here are locals. We didn't see many tourists heading in
this direction with us.
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| Lunch at Un Zebre A Montmartre
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| We ate lunch at Un Zebre
A Montmartre.
| Inside. It felt like a hip place. Also, the girls say the waiter was
hot.
| "Moelleux de Paleron a la lyonnais (braised beef Lyon style with onion
sauce)." Good. Tender beef. The beef sauce was so good that I dipped
bread in it. The meat had chunks of fat, but these looked like the
onions so I inadvertently ate some. I didn't mind at all, and often
didn't notice I was eating a chunk of fat with the meat. Accompanied
with potato gratin and green beans.
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| More Montmartre
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| Heading back up one of Montmartre's hills. Ivy-covered buildings.
| The Sacre Coeur and its many domes.
| The top of the Ovoid Dome. Notice the people peering out. Being at the
top of a tall building on a hill, this is highest point in Paris after
the Eiffel Tower.
| The Sacre Coeur's bell tower.
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| The side of the Sacre Coeur.
| The main entrance. Notice the crowd.
| The main entrance, redux, taken a bit later and with different color
settings on my camera.
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Sorry, no pictures were allowed inside.
The highlights inside
are the star windows, stained glass, a huge mosaic, and the cupola.
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