Thursday, November 27, 2008

Mom and Brad's Visit: A Day in Montmartre

Mom, Brad, and I took a trip to Montmartre (the area where Sacre Coeur, among other things, is located).

Le mur de "Je t'aime". The wall of "I Love Yous" This is a really cool art project that Frédéric Baron thought of when he asked his brother to write down the words "I Love You" on a piece of paper. He continued collecting "I Love Yous" in as many languages as possible and he ended up accumulating more than a thousand writing samples. From those, he turned 311 of them into a wall of glazed tiles.

Mom and Brad enjoying the Mur de Je t'aime

The whole wall. Can you find the English phrase?

One of the two remaining windmill in Montmartre. There were originally 14 on top of this hill.
We walked up this hill. It was really steep.
Another window of a different kind...Moulin Rouge (translates to Red Mill)


Brad with a little wind in his hair

Both of us by the Moulin Rouge. We were standing over a vent, hence the hair.

1 comment:

Kacey said...

I found the Russian on the wall... not that it was hard, being in huge letters on the brick beneath the tiles. Here, Al, you can practice: Ya tebya lyublyu!