Montmartre

Montmartre is a beautiful place to visit.  The church is high on a hill with over 200 steps to climb to reach it.  (Nearby is a tram that you can take instead of walking the steps).  We've visited it several times so today we took the Metro and went shopping through the many stores in the area.  Most are souvenir and tourist shops but it's also an area where you can buy beautiful fabric and home decorating items. 










When we returned we took another walk through the neighborhood to just enjoy the interesting city.


New Years Eve plans changed.  Originally we were going to go to Afran and Philippe's friend's house to see the fireworks but they are both ill.  Afran is also still ill so we agreed that it's best to stay inside, enjoy a leisurely dinner and stay away from the crowds.  Philippe has been food shopping all afternoon.  I know that we're having a goose liver appetizer (no, I'm still not tired of it) - Oh...... Afran just came in to tell me that we're having stuffed quail (the little birds at the butcher shop with their heads still attached - hopefully, she'll remove them...........)

We each have three wine glasses on the table so things look promising.