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A portrait has to look like her/him

[March 2012] On Monmartre, we asked one of the painters to draw us. When you go up the hill, after Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, there are a lot of ‘painters’ for tourists. They may have a hard…

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Listen to Mass in Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

[March 2012] We went into Basilique du Sacré-Cœur at Monmartre in Paris. Because it was Sunday, they were having a Mass in there, but it is one of the most famous sights in Paris, they did…

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Maybe one of the shortest cable car

[march 2012] Montmartre was another place that I wanted to go up.I have been there a few times, but this was the first time to take the cable car.It was the shortest cable car ride…

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Metro

[march 2012] This is a view inside a metro.I cannot remember which line it was, but it seemed a new carriage with colourful stripy seats.It was a nice surprise that I could use the tickets…

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Notre-Dame will be next challenge

[March 2012] To climb up to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and take a photo of the view of Paris from behind the gargoyles was one of our purposes of this trip, but the day was…

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Carnival at islands in Paris

[March 2012] On the way back from Le Marais area in Paris, we saw these people in costume in Rue Saint-Louis en l’Île. The usual carnival time has passed, but here every year, they have one…

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BHV

[march 2012] We went into a cafe restaurant near Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris for lunch. I had some quiche, which was not bad, but very expensive. You have to avoid the tourist area for eating,…

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Locks in Paris

[March, 2012] Lovers in Paris were influenced by the Italian film, too. Here on the rail of Pont des Arts you can see a lot of locks. We took the hop on and off sight…

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Given up

[March, 2012] The next high place we aimed at was the Eiffel Tower in my Paris trip whose theme was to go up. But again we had to give up. Partly because one of the…