Mont Marte and Sacre Coeur

We took a train out to Montmarte one Saturday morning and walked up the steps to Sacre Coeur.  Just outside the train station we came across a number of shops with these bargain bins where there were hordes of people rummaging through the bins.  Apparently these bins are filled with discarded designer clothes at a significantly reduced price and each Saturday morning at 8am the trucks dump these clothes into the big bins and there are hordes of customers waiting to pounce on a bargain!

Locals rummaging for designer clothing bargains in Mont Marte

Climbing up to Sacre Coeur

Climbing up to Sacre Coeur

 Sacre Coeur is the highest point in Paris and the views from Sacre Coueur across Paris is pretty awesome.


Sacre Coeur

At the top of Sacre Coeur

At the top of Sacre Coeur

Sacre Couer

Slipping and sliding on the Sacre Couer

 The girls found a statue that they could not stop playing with.





After getting down from Sacre Coeur we walked around Montmarte but it was not long before one of the girl insisted that it was lunchtime!


Streets of Montmarte

Lunchtime!

Walking around Montmarte, these are some of the sights we saw

Moulin Rouge

We also came across Montmarte cemetery which was a fascinating place. Many of the graves had very elaborate mausoleums or statutes or sculptures on them.  We also saw many people treating the cemetery like a park where they would take a book and read it on one of the benches in the cemetery!   

Montmarte Cemetery

Large statute on one of the grave sites which is meant to represent the deceased

Montmarte Cemetery



Montmarte Cemetery

The girls decided that it was a great place for a game of hide and seek!


Hide and Seek



Hide and Seek

After tiring of Hide and Seek they found other ways of entertaining themselves!