The main things to report for Wednesday and Thursday:
A walk in Montmartre, starting from the risqué Pigalle area to the quiet picturesque back streets climbing to Sacré-Coeur.
A more genuine windmill
Vineyard within Paris
In the afternoon, the Petit Palais for the show on Sarah Bernhardt, the great actress who also became a managerial figure in French theatre, dying a century ago. The show had many memorabilia of her, including costumes: here’s one of Cleopatra:
The next day, we went to the Ile de la Cité to see Notre-Dame from the outside as it’s being rebuilt, and then the Sainte-Chapelle. We had reserved tickets, waiting outside for our time with the security check for a short time inside.
Crossing the Pont Neuf to the Left Bank, we had our fill of steak frites at Brasserie Le Nesle.
A couple of practical notes: like in Amsterdam, card payments are accepted for small amounts, but I haven’t seen staffed places be cashless. On arriving at the Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau station for the Petit Palais, again I saw turnstiles taped off and people going around them; when we entered the station after the show, the turnstiles were operating and they were new: I guess a couple of times we happened on situations where people got free rides as the new gates were being installed.
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