We headed out around 2 PM and took the Metro to the base of the hill that leads up to the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur. The street was full of people and we stopped for a soda. We started up the many stairs to the basilica.
We were able to walk right in to see a mass in progress. A chorus of nuns were singing beautifully. We looked all around, then headed back down the hill. A group of men tried to stop us to give me some kind of bracelet, but we got by them. They were probably hustling for money...have to watch out for that sort of thing. We went into a really cute little design store, then kept walking back and shared a crepe with apricot jam. Yum! We walked by Moulin Rouge as well.
We headed back to the hotel and rested for a while. Somehow, we got a very late start on the evening. We went and ate a quick dinner at the corner bistro. I ordered lamb, and I think it would have been tasty, but I could barely eat it since my stomach was turned off to it. We quickly picked up some beer and vodka at the grocery, then jumped on the Metro to head to the Champs-Elysees. It was so late, we had to celebrate midnight on the Metro platform.
We exited the Concorde metro stop and the street was full of energy and tons of people. There were lots of novice fireworks being shot into the air. Almost everyone had a champagne bottle in hand. We headed up the street by the Grand Palais and continued by all the shops. Ginny & Sara really needed a pit stop, so we tried to get into a few clubs and bars, but they were all full. Eventually, we broke apart, and Brendan and I kept walking up to the Arc de Triomph.
From there, we hopped on the Metro and headed back to the hotel.
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