Thursday, July 13, 2006

GRIANGHRAF AN LAE: SACRE-COEUR


Last day in Paris for me. We had breakfast at a little zinc bar close to our hotel. For some reason the waiter brought us two rounds of tartines – buttered baguettes that we liberally applied strawberry jam to. As we were walking along Blvd. des Italiens we caught a glimpse of Sacre-Coeur. It didn’t take much persuading to decide on a visit.
We took the Metro to Abbesses then walked to the funiculaire. Along the way we passed a girls’ school with commemorative plaque for the 700 Jewish children who were deported to the death camps – a sobering moment of reflection.
The funiculaire was a short one euro ride – we could easily have walked up to the top. Along the way we listed all the funiculars we have ever ridden on: Angels’ Flight in Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, Lisbon, and Guanajuato.

1 comment:

MJA said...

I have almost the same picture, Mairtin, which I took last year. But you got great lighting in yours -- very dramatic!