Day 31 & 32 - Montmartre, the Louvre

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August 31st 2013

Published: September 1st 2013

Today was another day of following a Rick Steves' walking tour; this time to Montmartre. This area compares with London's Camden Market in that it has historically been, and still is, a Bohemian area full of artists and night clubs. We took the Metro from nearby Passy station to Anvers stop, stepping out into crowds of people all around us at souvenir kiosks and in front of the Elysees Mon... Read Full Entry

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La Maison Rose

Famous in a painting by Maurice Utrillo and frequented by Utrillo, Picasso and Gertrude Stein.

Museum and former home of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Clos Montmartre Vineyard

Paris' last remaining vineyard.

Grapes, Montmartre

Everybody's an artist in Montmartre

Picasso's Studio is wedding photo background.

Le Bateau-Lavoir (Picasso's Studio)

Former home of Dalida

the famous singer and actress, until her suicide in 1987.

Moulin de la Galette

Renoir's "Bal du Moulin de la Galette" painting in the Orsay museum shows it in its heyday.

View down a Montmartre street

You can see Dôme des Invalides, Napoleon's tomb, in the distance.

Former home of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Former home of Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh lived on the top floor here with his brother from 1886 to 1888.

Cafe des Deux Moulins

Featured in the 2001 film Amelie.

Autographed movie poster in Cafe des Deux Moulins

Museum of Erotic Art (Musee de l'Erotisme)

Basically a sexy art gallery in Pig Alley (the stretch of the Boulevard de Clichy from Place Blanche to Place Pigalle.

Entertainer on the Metro

View of Eiffel Tower from Palais de Chaillot

Eiffel Tower from Palais de Chaillot

Eiffel Tower from Evenue du President Kennedy

Princess Diana's unofficial memorial site

Aug. 31, 2013, 16th anniversary of her car crash in the tunnel below.

2nd September 2013

Arlene McKenzie
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Breathtaking Photograph
I am loving your blog and your photography Roger. Thank you so much Garth for sharing this with me. This Eiffel Tower at sunrise is beyond beautiful.

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