High On A Hill

High on the hill of Paris lies the district of Montmartre. The arrondisment of artists, performers, and cabarets. I live on the opposite bank of Montmartre, so when AIFS offered a tour of the area I went, because I don't get up to the 18th very often.

Here are some of the things we saw. This is one of the original moulins. Moulin in French means windmill. Moulin Rouge, Red Windmill. This shabby windmill is more impressive than the Moulin Rouge, though. Surprised? I was too.

This is a statue of Saint Denis, approximately at the place he was beheaded. Legend has it, after he was beheaded, he picked up his head, rinsed it off in the water, and walked north to a sacred land where he could die. That land is now known as.... Saint Denis. It's in the outskirts of Paris, where the Stade de France is (where the match de foot was).

This is where Rodin, one of theeee best Impressionists lived and worked. Totally up there with Monet and Degas.

There's a whole story with this, which I was going to put into my own words, but it's just too long. Here it is condensed: Man could walk through walls. Now he's stuck. Forever.