Marais and Montmartre

Today we hopped on the Metro and headed over to the Marais district. It's the home of the
Hotel de Ville, the seat of Paris's administration, and we hear that's where the mayor's digs are. It's just across the river from the Ile de Cite, the island on which Notre Dame sits.











After checking out the Marais, we hopped over to the Latin Quarter for a bit (which is where we were last night), and then took the Metro (the Metro is a great way to get around) up to Montmartre to see Basilica Sacre Coeur. Built in the 19th century, it sits on a hill above Montmartre and overlooks the Parisian cityscape. And we climbed about a million steps to get there.













This is me with the city behind me.


















After seeing Sacre Coeur, we headed for lunch. We stopped at a creperie and had crepes. This is Keith enjoying his first crepe. They were huge and delicious, and the owner of the place got a kick out of us being from Texas.