Back to Montmartre

I still have to tell you about our fabulous dinner Tuesday night.   When our friends the Weinsteins were here, we had dinner at a restaurant called Au Bourguignon du Marais.  We thought it was so delicious, we wanted to take Brian & Jen there for dinner.  We were celebrating Brian's birthday, just a bit late.  We met them at the restaurant for our 8pm reservation.  We even had the same table as before.  Brian said it was a power table.  Tom, Jen and I had the beef Bourguignon and it was so delicious.  Brian had the lamb and he was very pleased with his choice.  We each had a yummy dessert, and called it an evening.  Jen had to catch a plane home wednesday morning.

Wednesday

Brian sent Jen off to the airport and then took the Metro to our apartment.  We gave him the two minute tour. It's so small, that's all it takes to see the whole thing.  We wanted to see Montmartre today, so we're off to hop on the bus.  When we got to Montmartre we were right by the cemetery, so we decided to look back through there again.  The cemetery is very fasincating.  Brian put us on a mission to find the gravesite of Edgar De Gas (Edgar Degas 1834-1917).   He was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings.  He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.  Every time we thought we found the right area and looked and looked, Brian would tell us we were in the wrong area, oops.  It took us a while, but we were determined to find it, and we did!  Compared to some of the other monuments, it was really quite modest--that's why it was hard to find.  Inside, admirers had left notes and momentos, including  cigarettes, a paintbrush, even a Metro ticket.
Along the way, we discovered the tomb of  Emile Zola (1840-1902).  He was a French writer and a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration do the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus.

We finally made our way up to  Sacre  Couer.  It's a beautiful day, so there are huge crowds.  We stopped for a quick bit of lunch,  some cupcakes and headed back to the Metro and home.