Polska: Day 3: Paris

Today is day 3 in Paris, our last full day. We started out our day walking to visit the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, a few blocks north of the river across from our apartment.

The first thing we saw along the way was the Conciergerie. This former royal palace was converted to a prison during the French Revolution and housed famous prisoners such as Marie-Antoinette.

Then we passed this Gothic tower which we later learned was called the Tour St-Jacques and is the only remaining part of a church that was destroyed during the revolution.

We also passed by the Centre Pompidou which has a very industrial style.

At last we made it to the Musée des Arts et Metiers. Kuba was too busy playing with all the tech things inside (I think they're for kids Kuba... :p) so we didn't take too many pictures. There was this really cool "plane" designed to fly like a bat. Not sure if it ever worked....

Avion III by Clément Ader

Isabel standing in the hall of great flying contraptions - located inside the museum's church

After leaving the museum we took the metro north to the beautiful neighbourhood of Montmartre.

Église Saint-Jean de Monmartre

The hilly neighbourhood is famous as it was once the artistic center of Paris where lots of artists lived and worked. It's also where you can find the Moulin Rouge.

We didn't go inside the Musée de Montmartre, but this building at 8-14 rue Cortot which was home to many artists including Renoit.

Musée de Montmartre

Moulin Rouge

Lunch time in Montmartre

Montmartre Water Tower

Eventually we made it to the main attraction in Montmartre, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica.

Walking down the steps from the basilica

Sacré-Coeur basilica from the bottom of the hill

Once we got to the bottom we got chocolate-banana crêpes!

At the end of the day we made our way to the Canal Saint-Martin. It was much longer than we expected so we didn't walk the whole thing, but it was a very nice stroll along the water. There were also lots of people sitting along the banks drinking beer and wine.

Canal Saint-Martin

A nice garden by the Saint-Louis Hospital.

This is as far as we made it along Canal Saint-Martin, but this nice fountain looked like a good stopping point.

We then took the metro back to the Latin Quarter, and walked south to the Panthéon. This is currently used as a tomb and memorial for certain famous french people. It appears to be under construction at the moment, but we get the idea of the impressiveness of the building.