Lille to Paris

An early start to the day to avoid the peak hour traffic as we drove into Lille to drop our hire car back. Driving bit of the holiday done and dusted for a few weeks now. Just over an hour later we were in Paris and checking into our lovely AirBnB in the Montmartre district. Glen and Jeff were joining us in Paris and are staying right next door in a hotel. After a leisurely luncheon in our little kitchen with supplies from the supermarket just down the street, we ventured out and up the hill to Sacré-Cœur Basilica.

We then wandered around the Montmartre district, the obligatory photo at the Moulin Rouge, and then ended up wandering back down a street filled with adult shops which was probably not the right sort of scenery for our children! I heard Kate saying to Craig "Daddy, that doesn't look like a very good shirt to buy" in response to a scantily clad mannequin in the window shop. I think we escaped unscathed with what could potentially have been some rather awkward questions!Read more