(Editor: "Exactly translated"? Writer: How many times have you seen the phrase "roughly translated"? A lot right? Well I want readers to know this isn't some shoddy, half-*ssed translation. This is the real deal translation!)
Sacre Couer is an amazing church to visit. Because of the outside. We didn't even go inside because it was late afternoon and the place was packed. The steps up were jam-packed, and the line to get in was unreal.
So, Carol and I walked around the outside of the church a bit, and then headed down to the heart of Montmartre for a drink and calamari at a local cafe. We had earned it, as we had wandered all over Paris that day, from the American Founding Fathers tour on the Left Bank to the Arc d'Triomphe/Champs-Elysees/Place de la Concorde jaunt on the Right Bank and then to Sacre Couer, high on the Montmartre Hill.
According to Wikipedia, it is the second most visited tourist destination in Paris. I get why it is high on the list, but I also don't. The outside is amazing, and the view from the dome of all of Paris is amazing. Heck, even the view from the balcony by the top of the funicular is impressive.
But the inside of the basilica is underwhelming, as it was built from 1875 to 1914. The site is believed to be the site of the martyrdom of St. Denis (remember, he's the guy on the Notre Dame facade holding his beheaded head?)
Anyhow, it's a pleasant walk through the Parisian streets from the Metro, a fun ride up the funicular (weird, in 1984 I was happy to walk it!) Give this old guy credit, as Carol and I did walk down the stairs rather than ride the funicular down.
(Editor: I noticed you just referred to yourself as old, even though Carol is not even a year younger. Writer: I'm no fool.)
So let's get to the pictures and move along. . .the blog is nearly done.
People enjoying the sun, and
the view from on high. Plus
they are tired from climbing
the many, many stairs.
The style is Neo-Byzantine-
Romanesque, but you probably
instinctively knew that.
There aren't many pictures,
but I like them all. But I
like this one the best.
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