day two (1): montmartre, sacré coeur and beyond

Montmartre
Day two starts off in Montmartre, at, of course the Moulin Rouge. and I KNOW the movie was just a movie, but shame on them for building up such a ho-hum place.



But then we weren't really there for the Moulin Rouge. It was all about walking the steps of Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain), starting of course with Le Café des Deux Moulins...




If you recall the film, you'll recall the door to the washrooms saw some rather intense action... I can only report that, like the film, these were (as are many washrooms in restaurants) 'co-ed'




Here's a closer up behind the bar, with the Polaroids of Amélie's Father's garden Gnome...



And here is Shawn deciding what to take from the menu...



Please know the ridiculously small size of their water glasses... A man could die of thirst here. ;-)


After a wonderful lunch we began the trek up to the top of Montmartre toward Sacré Coeur....