Average Spring Day

Mindy poses midway up the climb to Montmartre on a glorious spring afternoon.

I hate to rub it to all of you still experiencing frigid temperatures and continuing snowfall back in Canada, but here in Paris, spring has most definitely arrived as for the past week we have been experiencing temperatures in the mid to high teens with plenty of sunshine. Of course Mindy and I had to take advantage of this and decided to head back to the Montmartre area in Paris for an afternoon in the sun. For some strange reason we wore our jackets and ended up carrying them about five minutes into our walk up the hill to the basilica.

Upon our arrival at the basilica, we took a seat with the rest of the tourists and Parisians to enjoy the sun and the street performers that were out in full force to take advantage of the throngs of crowds. We grabbed a bottle of Evian from a vendor and relaxed while listening to the beats of classic songs being sung by a very talented man and his guitar while we watched an equally impressive footballer perform all sorts of mastery with his ball. He even climbed a light pole while bouncing the ball on his head! Unfortunately, I was a little too mesmerized by the performance and managed only to take a picture once the ball had fallen off.

Hanging out on the steps leading up to Sacre Coeur is THE thing to do on a warm Paris afternoon.

The extraordinary footballer we were watching as he descended the light post.

After hanging around for a little while, it was time for an early dinner, at least according to Paris standards. We headed to the Latin Quarter to see what we could find and were tempted by more than one menu. We finally settled on a nice little restaurant after Mindy bartered for a couple of free drinks for us to start our meal with and took a seat at a nice little table on the sidewalk outside. Appetizers of cheese filled crepes followed by chicken and beef for the main course hit the spot. We finished the meal with crème caramel and apple pie for dessert followed by a nice little coffee. It was the perfect way to end a beautiful spring afternoon. Oh...I should also mention that I wore short-sleeve shirt right through dinner.

Mindy waits at our table while I grabbed a picture of the restaurant where we ate.