Make the most of each moment.

We comfortably woke on Sunday with no particular goals in mind. Our flight was at 4:15 that gave us plenty of time to pace ourselves and get ready for departure. We all checked out of your lovely hotel de Maine and ventured to yet another fantastic meal consisting of a sugar crepe, blended juice drink and café. Yes, I now love coffee. The cafés here are very different from the states and I think they are just terrific. When we were all done it was about 1pm and most of the group was just going to check into the flight online and take it easy till then. Me on the other hand, impatient and fidgety was still ready to explore. Everyone was going on about how content they where that we were able to see everything we wanted. I on the other hand felt that my trip was lacking something. So in desperation I informed Willie that I was going to see one more sight on the map. For us it is easy to continue our travels because we are not hindered by roller travel bags since we have large backpacking bags that comfortably fit for more excursions. So looking at the map we picked one location that we neglected to see since it was bit more north than the rest but put us in a good location to head to the airport after. So with little thought we parted the rest and headed up the metro to our destination of Montmartre. We hurried out of the metro up the street to be confronted by a massive staircase. Immediately I knew we were about to see something spectacular. We flew up the staircase and were confronted with a spectacular view of the entire city. An endless skyline of historic buildings. We walked further to find a wider set of stairs in front with many people reflecting on the city listening to live music and enjoying the view. After a few minutes, as we were pressured for time, we strolled through the wonderful monastery at the peak, then around the side of the building to view the other side of the city. I was now fully content that we made use of every minute and that I was able to view the city from this perspective when we stumbled upon a wonderful street art gallery. This absolutely set me over the top. It was exactly the side of Paris that I was hunting for. The small plaza was littered with small simple artists with wonderfully detailed and vibrant paintings. I wish I had just a bit more to spend because I really wanted to purchase one but had no idea where I would put it or how I would get it home undamaged. So I took plenty of photographs to remember it ;)