Monmartre & the Catacombes

On Wednesday we met up with a lovely lovely called Martine Silber who is a guide with Paris Greeters.

We caught the metro to Montmartre and walked the streets seeing the neighbourhood with commentary by Martine - providing us with history and local knowledge (she lived here when she was young). The tour was catered with the kids in mind and the children were shown many examples of street art.                     

Montparnasse tower in the background

 

French crepes for all

We caught the metro again and headed across town to The Catacombes. Despite an hour waiting in heavy rain - it was worth it. 

We all found them amazing! There are 65 kms of tunnels with 6-7 million bodies there. The kids weren't scared at all - just amazed.

As the daylight finished we caught the metro to the Trocadero and walked to the Eiffel tower. We had pre-booked a 'Behind the scenes' tour of the tower. We go to see the engine room where the elevators are powered - Peter was hoping they have been serviced well! 

It was so thrilling to catch the lift up after seeing how the lift was powered. As we got into the lift the rain stopped and at the 2nd level we were greeted with clear skies. Great for photos.

Some of our best photos were on the way home.