Basilique Sacré-Coeur in Paris

We started early the next day and headedd to the Sacred Heart Basilica. It's up on a hill so you have a choice of taking the furnicular up (thank god for that) or you can choose to climb many flights of steps if you have an urge for a good workout :o) Now guess which one I took ...

You get a nice view from the Basilique Sacré-Coeur, and yes, it was another drizzling day in Paris for us. The view would have been better if the sky had been clear but it was still a wonderful sight for me.

Another view from the outside before we stepped in. We thought we were pretty early but there were lots of tourists taking shelter at the basilica cuz of the rain. So we had to squeeze our way through and try to avoid the wet umbrellas that were in my face alot *frowns*

The cobbled street got my attention so yes, just HAD to take a shot of it too *laughs* Try doing that while you have one hand holding the umbrella, and the other hand using the camera.

Yes, no need to mention about them tilting shots. Just wanted to add that I took this photograph using my handphone. Not bad ya. Can't even tell that it's raining!

We wanted to head to the Artists Corner and the way there is from the Basilique Sacré-Coeur. We were in too much of a hurry to head down and cuz of the rain, it was getting a little hard to head back up to go to the Artists Corner. So yeah, it has been added to my list of things to see the next time round.

We walked around some but the rain was getting to us so we hopped into this quaint little cafe cum restaurant Paul and we didn't realise what treasures could be found inside! *huge grin*

My friend had her coffee and they came with these mini macaroons. Of course we asked for the different colours cuz it makes a difference and the colour gives you a clue to the flavour of the macaroon. We only realised that after we asked for different colours (which we initially asked cuz we thought it would look better in our photo!)

Think the pie above could be rhubarb pie and it was super sour but yummy. Got to warn you though that my tolerance for sourish things is quite pathetic so am not a good gauge of how really sour this pie was. Too me, it was five out of five in terms of sourness.

If you're wondering how of us, well two but we were stuck in there so we thought, why stop at one slice of pie when we could have two. So we tried the raspberry pie. Yup, yummy!!!

And yes, we couldn't resist the mushroom crepe too. It was sooooo yummy as it was served warm and it was heavenly. After walking so much that morning, we deserved all these yummy delights!

Oh yes, how could I forget this. A basket of warm freshly baked bread with the tastiest butter. Quite amazing how we finished the bread and still could eat everything else *laughs* As we ate, we saw people coming in and out to buy bread because Paul has a huge range of breads. And it was interesting to see how the locals would buy a french loaf and just eat it plain. Hmmm ....