Basilique Sacre CouerTuesday 11 August 2009
We are still sitting around at lunchtime. The Kids don’t want to go anywhere. Andrew went for a walk and found Boulanger to buy baguettes for lunch.
After we had lunch we went to get our shopping for dinner tonight and then we went for a walk to see if we could find a computer repair shop. I had an idea to buy a newspaper to check out the classies and we stopped at a newsstand and a man there asked us something which I didn’t understand and I told him my idea and that we were looking for a computer fix It shop and he asked what was wrong with our computer. He said computers are his job and he might be able to help us. It all sounded really sus but we got chatting to the man whose name was Sadam and he said if we wanted to accompany him to his house which was nearby he would have a look at the computer for us. Our gut feel was that he was trustworthy despite the situation seeming dodgy.
So Andrew went with this Lebanese guy to his house to fix our computer and I took the kids to the park a couple of streets away. We met up with Andrew shortly after €30 lighter. Andrew wasn’t sure that the guy had done anything but he did remove 4 gig of temporary files which he thought could be part of the problem.
After all this excitement we walked up to the Basilique Sacre Couer. What an amazing sight! And a stunning view of Paris because of the highupness of it. Andrew and the kids waited on the steps near the entrance while I joined the funnel of people going in to look at the church. There was such a huge crowd they had to cordon the entrance to make the entry and exit points a bit easier for people not to get crushed.
What a place! People everywhere. The streets we walked to get to the basilique had hundreds of shops with rolls and rolls of dressmaking materials. Half way up on the many steps of the church some young folk were set up with a microphone and amplifier and were entertaining the throng of people happily sitting on the steps.
We are still sitting around at lunchtime. The Kids don’t want to go anywhere. Andrew went for a walk and found Boulanger to buy baguettes for lunch.
After we had lunch we went to get our shopping for dinner tonight and then we went for a walk to see if we could find a computer repair shop. I had an idea to buy a newspaper to check out the classies and we stopped at a newsstand and a man there asked us something which I didn’t understand and I told him my idea and that we were looking for a computer fix It shop and he asked what was wrong with our computer. He said computers are his job and he might be able to help us. It all sounded really sus but we got chatting to the man whose name was Sadam and he said if we wanted to accompany him to his house which was nearby he would have a look at the computer for us. Our gut feel was that he was trustworthy despite the situation seeming dodgy.
So Andrew went with this Lebanese guy to his house to fix our computer and I took the kids to the park a couple of streets away. We met up with Andrew shortly after €30 lighter. Andrew wasn’t sure that the guy had done anything but he did remove 4 gig of temporary files which he thought could be part of the problem.
After all this excitement we walked up to the Basilique Sacre Couer. What an amazing sight! And a stunning view of Paris because of the highupness of it. Andrew and the kids waited on the steps near the entrance while I joined the funnel of people going in to look at the church. There was such a huge crowd they had to cordon the entrance to make the entry and exit points a bit easier for people not to get crushed.
What a place! People everywhere. The streets we walked to get to the basilique had hundreds of shops with rolls and rolls of dressmaking materials. Half way up on the many steps of the church some young folk were set up with a microphone and amplifier and were entertaining the throng of people happily sitting on the steps.
2 comments:
Oh the top hits singer. He was there in March and I think he's made the basilica his permanent gig. He sang Beatles hits in English and translated in French for American college students. It's a shame that the whole neighborhood around Sacré Coeur has become such a tourist trap though. There's just souvenir shops on top of ice cream places on top of t-shirt shops.
Hi
Have been reading your posts for a while now and it is lovely to hear what you are all up to. A lot of the places you have been too, we walked through 2 years ago, so all those memories just come flooding back. You should go back to Sacre Couer when the nuns are singing - it is just beautiful. Have been lucky to hear them twice now. Amanda x
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