The weather was beautiful and Daz had designed a brilliant 14 kilometres walk for today. After catching a metro and bus, we started at the obvious place.
The whole area is pedestrianised and we spent ages taking photos and wandering around. It would have been great to lift a bike over our heads to recreate the iconic Remco moment, but that wasn't possible, although we did pose with the Olympic rings.
Then the day just slipped away as we stopped for breakfast, coffee, lunch, boating lake, photos, etc.
Our hotel is in the Montmartre district and we could see glimpses of the Sacré-Coeur in the distance.
In the late afternoon we went on a guided walking and snacking tour of the area. We were the only two people on it and Maria our guide was lovely.
She told us lots of stories about the artists who used to live in the locally when it was very poor and cheap. These included Van Gogh, Picasso, Toulouse Lautrec and Edith Piaf.
The snacks were good too. Whilst eating and chatting we gradually climbed the hill and she left us at the top next to the beautiful basilica.
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