Sacre Coeur and Montmartre

We started our day by traveling to the highest point in Paris, Montmartre.  This is the place of the artists of the Impressionist period and the last hold out of the occupation by foreign armies.  It is charming and quaint, once you find out where the tourists aren't.  The tourist areas look like Coney Island, but away from the crowds the people are friendly and helpful.

Sacre Coeur is one of the most beautiful of churches and there is much history behind it.  It was narrowly missed in the bombing of Paris by the Germans in WWII.  The parishioners believe it was divine intervention.