Art and Monmartre

Montmartre was the last attraction that we visited before saying goodbye to beautiful Paris. It's also highly recommended by my French buddy, so, we definitely didn't want to miss it. The weather was so-so but co-operative enough to allow us for a short tour around this old church. The wind was very strong though.


It was a rainy day but we survived


Me+St.Pierre


taking a stroll down the hill


A piece of art

Montmartre is breathtaking. You get to see Eiffel tower from the top of the hill. The church on top of the hill is called Saint Pierre. To me, I think the church is really nice to look at from a distance but when you reach the top of the hill, the church is just like any other church that you see everywhere. I can envision that some bums loiter around the church at night. But I have to give credits to the architecture tho. It does look very grand and amazingly beautiful seated on top of the hill.

However, it's not in the nicest place of Paris. I think it's located somewhere close to Barbes, quite a dangerous place for tourists to go but honestly, you can spot the difference pretty easily once you get there.

It's recommended that you walk around the church for other attractions. We stopped by a cafe to take a coffee break while checking out some art pieces by the roadside. We bought some ourselves and during Christmas, we framed it and gave them out as presents. They made wonderful presents especially to those people who are into artsy stuff.

There's one thing which I would like to point out. If there's anyone approaches you to draw your portrait, remember one thing, you need to do a little bit of bargaining on the price. Trust me, I think some are just trying to take advantage of tourists that go up there. A guy approached me and took out a piece of paper. He started cutting that piece of paper and made it look like me. He won't tell you what he's doing or how much he's asking for his art piece, and by the end of it, he's going to ask you for a certain amount of money. Our naivety had made us fallen into his well planned trap and we "lost" 20 euro that day. So just be careful and anything that happens up there, stays there. =P

So there you go, all you need to know about Montmartre. Haha not really, it's actually everything I know about Montmartre. =D