Sunday 13 October Sacre Coeur

We were up early and caught the 6 metro to the exchange, then the 2 to Anvers for the walk up to Sacre Coeur. Jenny had her first view of the Eiffel Tower on the way. 

At Anvers we went into an organic café and had coffees and some delicious food, the first time here Jenny had been able to get stuff that wasn’t bad for her. We walked at a leisurely pace up to the Cathedral, to find that it was actually the last day of a week-long Portuguese festival of food, so there were lots of people there. We joined a queue to get into the church, only held up by a security screen point and it only took us about 15 minutes to get in. We had aimed to be there for 11.00am Mass because that’s when the nuns sing; we were about ten minutes early and got a seat close to the front. It turned out to be a High Mass with about eiht priests concelebrating and the singing was beautiful; the congregation sang lustily, which was inspiring too.

After Mass, we went into the gift shops and by then, walking down to the metro station, it was time for lunch, so we went back into the same café. This also meant we had clean toilets to use, as the ones up near the church were portables. It’s not often you find nice, clean toilets here.

We left Anvers and walked to the Opera House, not quite directly but we got there, then it was an easy couple of metro’s to get home. 









We bought a baguette and cake at the local boulangerie and that meant we had some nice bread and cheese and wine pre-dinner, followed by leftovers from last night and a yummy chocolate slice creation for dessert. Early to bed!