{"id":30841,"date":"2018-10-23T05:30:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30841"},"modified":"2018-10-19T02:10:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:10:15","slug":"french-travel-montmartre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-travel-montmartre\/","title":{"rendered":"French Travel – Montmartre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even after all these years<\/a> and all the many trips I\u2019ve made to Paris<\/a>, I\u2019m always delighted when I go back to find that there is still more to see, to learn, and to do. On this most recent trip<\/a>, I took my son William up to the Sacr\u00e9 Coeur de Montmartre and was enchant\u00e9 <\/strong>\u00a0(enchanted<\/em>) by\u00a0des nouveaux d\u00e9couverts<\/strong> (new\u00a0<\/em>discoveries<\/i>).<\/p>\n

\"\"La maison de Dalida<\/strong> \/ Dalida’s house<\/em><\/p>\n

I made my first trek up\u00a0la butte<\/strong> Montmartre<\/strong><\/a> (the hill of Montmartre<\/em>) with my host father in 1986. At the time, I wasn’t allowed to go alone, because the area around the base of the hill (Pigalle<\/a>) was not a very nice neighborhood. On this return trip, I was delighted to stumble across the former r\u00e9sidence<\/b>\u00a0(home)<\/em> of the great late French singer Dalida<\/a>. This seemingly unassuming home<\/a> … in a very exclusive neighborhood … was a refuge for the singer.<\/p>\n

Le Passe-Muraille<\/strong> \/ The man who could walk through walls<\/em><\/p>\n

A few streets up from\u00a0la maison de Dalida<\/strong> and down from\u00a0l’\u00e9glise du Sacr\u00e9-Coeur<\/strong> is a strange little square with a bronze statue of a man coming out of a wall. Representing ‘un nomm\u00e9 Dutilleul’\u00a0<\/strong>(one named Dutilleul<\/em>), the protagonist of a novella by Marcel Aym\u00e9,\u00a0le passe-muraille<\/strong><\/a> reminds us to be careful of what we wish for and how we use our gifts in life.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes we forget …\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

… to look behind! The views of Montmartre from the center of Paris are spectacular … as are the views of the center of Paris from the heights of Montmartre. But sometimes we forget to look in\u00a0all<\/em> directions. And the views from the “backside” of Montmartre are equally impressive. Looking out over Paris’s northern suburbs reminded me of a fun\u00a0clip vid\u00e9o<\/strong><\/a> that I’ll end this week’s post with (starting at about the 50 second mark, watch for the le Sacr\u00e9-Coeur<\/a>, la 2CV<\/a>, et l’escalier, …<\/em> )*.<\/p>\n

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All photos (C) Tim Hildreth<\/p>\n

* For a different take on this song, in English, see here<\/a>. It’s less charmingly French (and features a lot less of Paris) but it will help you understand the song in French if you need some translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Even after all these years and all the many trips I\u2019ve made to Paris, I\u2019m always delighted when I go back to find that there is still more to see, to learn, and to do. On this most recent trip, I took my son William up to the Sacr\u00e9 Coeur de Montmartre and was enchant\u00e9…<\/p>\n

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