Tag: Montmartre

Parade

Every year there is a parade in Montmartre celebrating wine. Mostly there are groups of people in the wine producing region of France but there are also other things as well.

The parade is always led by children dressed like this.
I’m not sure what group they are with but I see them each year. Their costumes sort of have a middle eastern feel to me.
Clowns of course.
Various regional costumes.
Several of these tall puppets too.
A dahlia organization was there.
Nothing to do with wine but the men sure did like watching her dance to the drums behind her.

In One Day

A lot seen in one day as I was walking around:

A fountain in the central garden of Place des Vosges. Notice the little boy with his hands and arms in the water.

At the base of Sacre Coeur.

This just struck me funny. I was going through my photos and this came up. I guess I accidentally took it. Most photos I take in this way are just of my feet or the ground.

This was seen in an exhibit up in Montmartre at the Halle Saint Pierre with drawings and items from the movie, Amelie. This sat on the bedside table next to Amelie.

A lovely café is there too.

An angel seen in a church with “celestial” light over its shoulder.

Places and Faces

Thought I’d try a different title from This and That. A few photos all from the Montmartre area of Paris:

I’ve posted a photo before from this spot, one of the most Instagramed shots in Paris if you exclude the Eiffel Tower. It’s right above the Lamarck metro stop. Since I was there, I took it again.

They were having a fete celebrating Coquille Saint Jacques, or scallops. I got there when the place was heaving with people or I would have gotten some grilled scallops. Waiting in line behind 25 people is not for me so I went down the street and got a small quiche from a patisserie. These two ladies were selling books.

I posted some of the work by this artist not too long ago. Years ago I saw a photo he took from his apartment of someone taking a photo of his work in an alley in Montmartre. Back then he didn’t incorporate his hands. It is his real face which I guess he puts into plaster of Paris.

On the other side of the alley he has made himself a happy daisy.

Views and Food

I met a friend up on Montmartre for breakfast one day at a place called the Hardware Société, owned and run by Australians from Melbourne. It was really good.

It was right around the corner and down a hill a bit from Sacre Coeur.

Where there was a very good harp player with speakers and taped background music.

The nice interior.

Beautiful and delicious french toast. I had yummy scrambled eggs.

I sat next to the window.

We had a beautiful day.

Isn’t this something? I saw it on Instagram and wondered how in the world they did it. I was standing below Sacre Couer and looked to my right and recognised the building, took the photo and then turned it so the hill looked flat. An optical illusion of sorts.