We headed off for the Montmartre district of Paris via metro. This is a very popular place with tourists and so we cautioned the kids to be on guard against pickpockets. At the end of the trip they have such a sense of confidence now it can be easy to be distracted.
Froggy had to make a detour to pick up an iPad that had been left behind at one of our hotels- fortunately another Explorica group was staying at the same hotel and headed to Paris so he arranged to make the pickup. We are lucky to have a tour director who looks after our kids so well!
While he was doing that Chief Tate led the charge up the huge hill of Montmartre toward the basilica that overlooks all of Paris from the northern edge of the city. It's perhaps even more stairs than at Mont St Michel- and tonight we did it in the rain!
Once up too we paused for a view of the city, but the rain made it rather hard to make much out. We headed behind the basilica to Place du Tertre. This is a quaint little square of souvenir shops, restaurants with terraces, and artists painting portraits and city views.
We sat in the square for dinner, which was a delicious boeuf bourguinon and potatoes. For dessert we had a berry sponge cake concoction.
We celebrated our last two birthdays - Emily and Steven. I think a Parisian dinner is a nice way to spend a birthday!
Froggy finally rejoined us after dessert, mission accomplished. We gave the kids about 45 minutes to visit the church, spend their Euros, or grab one last crepe before heading home via the metro for the last time.
We had an early night of bed checks because tomorrow we are up at 4 am (10 pm eastern time) before breakfast at 5 am and transfer back to the airport :(
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