Our Local Landmarks

7 February 2012

From our apartment, we walked along the Boulevarde des Batignolles which becomes Boulevarde de Clichy into the Montmartre area, the 18th arrondissement. Restaurants, cinemas, theatres and nightclubs make this the centre of the Paris night life.

Place de Clichy

Place de Clichy

Place de Clichy is one of the few places 
in Paris where 4 arrondissements
(the 8e, 9e, 17e, 18e) meet at a single point.
(You needed to know that!)

The statue at Place de Clichy is dedicated to the Maréchal de Moncey who resisted the Russians in 1814 from taking over the area de Clichy

le Moulin Rouge

Continued along and passed le Moulin Rouge. We were then  about 15 minutes from our apartment.
It looks very tatty at this time of day.

le Moulin de la Galette

We walked up the hill from there to le Moulin de la Galette, built in 1622. This is a windmill and associated businesses situated near the top of the district of Montmartre.
We were more or less lost at this stage.

le Sacré Coeur

From there, we continued to walk upwards
and across to la Place du Tertre, the main
square of the original village of Montmartre, where this big church appeared -
le Sacré Coeur.

View from Sacré Coeur

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Carrousel Venitien

Down past the Funiculaire de Montmartre and the 18th Century Carrousel Venitien at Place Saint-Pierre and then home.

On this walk I found the Pathé Cinémas at la Place de Clichy, so that afternoon I went and saw 'The Descendants'. This was the first time I have gone to the pictures in Paris. Last time here, I always felt a bit anxious about taking myself to the pictures. It was so easy, especially since the girl at the box office spoke perfect English and helped me along. The subtitles were so well timed and translated I could read the French and listen to the English. Excellent.




I saw 'Moneyball' on the plane over here. I am putting my money on George Clooney to win the Oscar.

When I do things like this Geoffrey takes himself into le Marais  to the 'The Red Wheelbarrow' or over to the Left bank to 'Shakespeare & Company' which are a few of the English language bookstores.

à bientôt