We've had a busy day seeing the sights in Paris, and now we're watching the Eurovision Song Contest, wondering whether the French commentators are being a sarcastic as Graham will be for the BBC!
We weren't off to the earliest of starts this morning, but then that's what holidays are for. We cabbed it up to Montmartre, and bravely decided we'd make the 300 step climb up to the dome of Sacre Coeur.
We made it to the top, albeit a little breathless, but the views of Paris were well worth it. Be warned, I took lots of photos.
After descending to street level, we had a good look around the Montmartre area, a fascinating mixture of cheesy souvenir shops, street artists and cafes.
We had lunch at La Mere Catherine, a café in the Place du Tertre. According to the guide book, this was the spot where the term Bistro was first coined.
After lunch we made our artwork purchase before heading down the stairs in front of Sacre Coeur (busy as the buskers were drawing quite a crowd, who were enjoying singing along).
Our wanderings in the streets of Paris took us past the Moulin Rouge, Galeries Lafayette, the Opera and Place Vendome, before we stopped for a well-earned beer in a café on the Rue de Rivoli.
We didn't go in to the Louvre, but enjoyed taking photos outside, and then headed for the Batobus. Turned out we could only get day passes, so to get our money's worth, we did a full tour up and down the Seine, eventually getting off at the Eiffel Tower, taking yet more photos, and then heading back to the hotel.
Too tired to look far for food, we grabbed a burger from the fast food place up the road for dinner.
Time now to rest our weary feet and recharge batteries (both ours and the camera's). First stop Musee d'Orsay tomorrow.