Today we went and bought me a lovely new hand luggage suitcase as we have realised that all our beautiful glassware from Murano in Venice will HAVE to go in the overhead compartment from Dubai to Sydney as we have exit row seats. Given how fragile it is, a soft backpack isn’t going to work. Hooray! I got to buy a lovely new hard shell carry on, which I have been wanting for awhile.
After our luggage finding adventures, we used UberX to head up to Sacre Coeur (a cathedral at the top of the Montmartre district) to watch the sunset over the city. Note: very hard to get up there without a car or a very steep, unpleasant walk up lots of narrow steps. I highly recommend uber or a taxi, very cheap. The other thing to keep in mind is that there are African gangs running “string man scams” halfway up those steps and there are extremely aggressive by all accounts. They operate in groups of 4-8 and will just take your money out of your wallet. My laziness probably saved us from being mugged!
It was just stunning to watch the sky change colour.
sacre couer basilica
soooo much colour in the sky
B’a photo over some buildings nearby
the lights of the city as the sun fades away
Dinner was at Le Coq Rico which is a 10 minute walk (downhill, thankfully) from Sacre Coeur, I booked this place about a month ago when I started reading over and over how good their chicken is. Here’s an example of a review: http://luckypeach.com/atlas/pierre-herme/ so I was pretty excited for omnomnommy chicken. The couple behind us in line had read lots of reviews as well. We went with a soup starter, a half chicken between us (two quarters), seasoned vegetables, macaroni cheese and salad. For dessert we had the local floating island.
excellent wine recommendation by the waiter
the starter of creamy chicken soup with goat cheese and chicken fried balls was DELICIOUS
Our thoughts? The starter and dessert were delicious, the wine suggested by the waiter was reasonably priced (note that there are no really cheap options on this wine menu) and very tasty. The chicken was okay. Not sure it is rave worthy though! Overall, an excellent meal and we enjoyed people watching the couple on the date next to us. She was much keener than he was haha.
Mel
Tomorrow: packing, checking out of the hotel, a final day in Paris and then off to the airport for a late night flight. Home in a few days (Thursday lunch time, AEDT).
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