As my friend is visiting, I decided to give her a little "Amélie Poulain" tour...one of my very favorite movies. I don't know how many times I've been to the Montmarte but this time the theme of our little walk brought me a new excitement. We started at Metro Anvers and walked uphill towards Sacré Coeur, the majestic church located on the top of Montmartre. The area is lined up with souvenir shops and packed with tourists (at all time). We began to walk up the stairs thinking "Ah, right the scam masters are awaiting to bait the innocent victims again." There are several Black guys (not being a racist here, only stating the truth) blocking the way trying to wrap your wrist with some sort of a bracelet and will ask you for money later. If you don't want this to happen to you, put the hands in your pockets or have them busy doing something i.e. dialling a cellphone. Regardless of the scam, you can get a picturesque view of Paris from the top of the hill here. Though the scene outside is always busy and packed with people, once you step inside the church, it's another experience. I can always feel the peacefulness filled up the atmosphere.
We took a little walk inside then came out to the village behind. As mentioned earlier in one of the entries, Montmartre was and still is an artist village, though, more commercial...many individual drawers and painters at your service as well as the shops along the street.
Later we followed rue Lepic to find the cafe Amélie Poulain was working at "Les Deux Moulins" and had a cup of coffee and chocolat chaude there. Looking around..."Hmmm...it doesn't look like it in the film." It's not as classic as the film portrays. (Of course, you may say.) Thom Yorke's songs were being played as the background music which is pretty cool though doesn't seem fit the place.
After appreciating the fact that this place was once the sets of the infamous film, we decided to move on...
18th arrondissement
Métro: Abbesses or Anvers
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