Since we’ve spent so much time in Tulieres and the Opera District (because that’s where their hotel is), we all thought it would be neat to explore Montmartre.
And that’s fine with me because I’ve not see much of this district besides all the places I walk past (closed) at 0100 when I’ve been getting home for the past few nights.
It’s an interesting district. I’m apparently in the nice neighbourhoody part of it because when you go to the other side of the hill that Sacre-Coeur sits on you hit…
Massive Hom-Suppyness!!!
After getting disoriented (very hard to do since we’re all Asian, ha ha!) and walking in the wrong direction, past the pet store (puppies!), the hospital and around the cemetary, we finally found the way to go after a local guy, seeing three Asians clustered around a map in a book, one with a beeeeg backpack (not me) on, offered in english, “are you lost”?
Sweeeet! Anyway, we were sent in the direction of Sacre-Coeur. That direction took us past the Moulin Rouge where we took pix and scared a bunch of mainlanders who were in line to see the show with a growl of “puuuutonggghuaaaaa?” They were totally freaked out.
After Moulin Rouge, we continued our search, passing such places as the Sex-a-Torium and the Sex Museum. We actually took a brief look in the Sex Museum. Then we saw that they wanted 7 Euro for admission and they were open until 0200. This is an actual museum with stuff from the 1700s and 1800s in the front. Just not up for it so close to dinner….yeah, that’s it.
This stretch of barely legal businesses went on for about 5 blocks. Then 20 minutes after that, we find Sacre-Coeur. Since we’re all hungry, we take our pix and we leave. Visiting inside and watching the sunset from the big hill goes on the “next time I’m in Paris” list. Now time for dinner near the Bastille district.
Montmartre, district of artists, has a big church in the middle. On the back side of the hill is a nice neighborhood. And on the front side is the sex trade. Fun!
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