Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain is the most adorable
movie ever made. Today we took
a walking tour through Montmartre to most of the places from the movie. It must have been 80
° but I can't complain. I'll take the sun over rain any day. We started out at the St Martin canals which is close to our apartment and then walked to the Metro and got off at Lamarck-Caulaincourt station since I was sure that was the highest point so then we could work our way down in Montmartre.
Wrong! We ended up hiking up grueling hills and stairs. It's great for my dress size but my legs are like I quit! After we made it to the top of the hill, we found a cute train that would drive us through a tour of Montmartre so we hopped on to take a break. We saw everything on my list except M. Collignon's grocery store *
so I didn't dip my hand in a bag of lentils*.
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| I dropped off a dress to be dry cleaned |
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| The owner took a photo of Liv with her camera |
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| Liv took some rad shots |
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| I'm sure if I lived in Paris my door would be turquoise or pink |
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| Represent Downtown LA! |
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| I do not look good in hats |
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| Liv said I look nice in a hat |
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| Future photographer |
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| She's almost tall enough |
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| I really wanted to rent bikes but there is no safety seat for Liv |
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| Let's get a little breakfast |
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| This place was playing Michael Jackson the entire time we were there! |
Canal St Martin *Amelie skipped stones on the locks*
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| I'm doing my best reenactment of her skipping stones but there were no stones around |
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| I found peonies! |
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| Here's a typical Parisian water fountain. Still working, built in 1872 |
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| Invader is the French version of Banksy. I love his art |
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| Gare de L'est is featured heavily in the film. The photobooth where she solves the mystery of the bald man, and the beautiful shot of her sitting on the stairs looking at Nino's photo album |
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| So we may have bribed her with some candy but she was very good all day |
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| This is where the blind man is playing music on his record player and the photobooth where she first encounters Nino |
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| It still looks like the 1930s |
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| These stairs never seemed to end |
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| Amelie leads the blind man to these stairs while describing the sights to him *one of my favorite scenes* |
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| Olivia found this awesome comic book store, too bad it was closed |
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| We've spent so much time in the flat part of Paris so Montmartre was a challenge with all the hills and stairs |
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| this bird was like like, ooh berries, yummy! |
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| On this street, rue de Saint Vincent, the first shot of the
movie was taken: "On September 3rd 6:28pm and 32 seconds a blue fruitfly,
capable of 14,670 wingbats per minute, landed on the Rue Saint Vincent in
Montmartre" |
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| The artwork was incredible |
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| The Sex shop Nino worked in was nearby. We didn't need to see it |
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| It's not as fun in the daylight |
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| Cafe des 2 Moulins, where Amelie works with an eccentric group of people |
The Saint Pierre de Montmartre Church is one of the oldest in Paris
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| I love visiting old churches, the more Gothic the better |
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| Olivia thinks she's part Vampire |
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| Some views are just better in person |
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| This woman sounded just like Edith Piaf |
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| Olivia made a new friend at the playground |
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| She was teaching Liv French |
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| How does this kid run around in the blazing hot sun? |
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| Friday night is a popular time for hanging out at the St Martin Canals, very hipster vibe |
We were pretty hungry by the time we finished so we took the metro to
our favorite Indian restaurant. Guess what? Most restaurants close
between 3pm and 7pm. We had to wait for an hour but it was worth the
wait. The guys told us the nan *
flatbread* wasn't ready so we were pretty
disappointed but then he magically brought us 2 pieces. So delicious! All
this walking and tours is catching up with me. My thighs feel tighter and I am not so easily out of breath. This is the perfect workout!
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