Day 5: Know where that door leads?

It has now been five days since we moved into the dorms.  I'd like to think that I know how to navigate the city by now, but still sometimes I round a corner and I'm like, "Who put Notre Dame here?"  It's fine.

Today we explored Paris from below and above.  We began by going into the catacombs.  This may just be my favorite place I go during my time in Paris.  The remember reading the articles before going, and it said something about how the number of bodies in the catacombs below the city outnumber the number of people walking around in Paris.  I thought "That's ridiculous.  There are a bijillion people in this city!"  I was wrong.  The feeling I had walking through bordered between eerie and holy.  Seeing the bones just lined up on the wall was definitely different, but I loved it.

We ended the day up on Montmartre.  Let me tell you, there are a lot of stairs.  It is literally on the top of a mountain, but it was worth the trek.  The story of Saint Denis on Montmartre is probably one of my favorite stories I have learned in Paris so far.  I really enjoyed just learning about the history.  And there is so much art everywhere.  Artists just line the square, asking everyone if they want a portrait.   The church at the top, Sacre Coeur, is beautifully built, and the view from the inside is breathtaking.  You almost feel as if you're sitting on top of the whole city.  Incomparable.