MONTMARTRE

It was a miserably rainy day but we headed out into the city anyway. Soon the rain stopped and then as we began our climb to the Basilique Du Sacre-Coeur the rain came pouring out of the sky. Luckily there were a lot of cafes where we could sit under cover, have a coffee and watch the people scurrying about under their umbrellas.

We sat undercover in an area where many artists were selling their paintings and they were certainly not happy about the downpour either.





The rain, for a short while, turned into a drizzle, a troubadour came by and for a few coins he entertained us for a while.



After we'd had a cup of espresso the rain started to come down again, this time it came down in buckets, and we decided to have lunch and a dish of ice cream while we waited for the weather to turn a bit milder.



At one point the rain simply remained a dreary drizzle and we paid our bill and headed up the hill to the basilique du Sacre-Coeur.



It is really a lovely place but no photos are allowed inside. On a clear day the view is extraordinary but even on a dreary day the view is pretty spectacular, too.



And here is a view of tourists viewing the view.



This is a view of the bacilique looking back up the hill. There is a charming merry-go-round at the bottom of the hill and on this very dark and rainy day the colored lights and the music added a great deal of warmth and friendliness to the scene.