Paris .... part four

Our busy day!!!
It's not really, just feels that way as we have a time constraint.  We will be meeting Ranger 1 for dinner, at a set time and place.
The bus to Montmatre stops down by Bel Air and the plan was that we would get off just past Gare de Nord and be able to walk up to Sacre Coeur and the shop that should sell my curtains - secretly I am hoping that they wont sell them but .......


Everything went to plan and we soon found ourselves sitting having coffee in the little bistro at the bottom of the Sacre Coeur.
  
So much going on!

Just to our left there were policemen with a guy in handcuffs, to the right there was a guy searching among the shrubbery for who knows what!

As we sat there with our coffee we noticed that one of the trees were being trimmed .... good job this isn't done in Summer!!




It always amazes me how the tree surgeons can climb so high let alone work with a chain saw up there!


They slowly worked their way up the tree but we had to leave them to their work as we had shopping to do.

We walked the short distance to the shop. This area now has lots of various material shops, most of them look like market stalls and are situated in between the 'souvenir' shops.

Saint Pierre has been there for more than 60years, I think it was the original shop.
We started at the top floor and the very nice lift attendant man took us down to each floor until I found my Ridoux de Dentelles.  I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for but after all these years - one year I was told they were too old fashioned! - I was willing to settle for second best.
The young man cut out my yardage, which was labelled and taken to the cashier's desk for us.  The material was carefully folded, the bill attached within one of the folds and placed in the bag.  
OOOOH! I love it!  such old fashioned attentive service.  Why do people keep going back?  That's why!
Once back outside we decided to go back and have another coffee before going back to our bus.  I'll unpack the materials and take photos when I have made up the curtains.... promise.
Back at our hotel we started to sort and pack ready for our return journey home tomorrow.

We had one more trip now and this was becoming so easy!
We caught the bus at the top of the road and reached the bistro where we were meeting Ranger1 and M in what seemed no time at all.
After several drinks we all decided to move on to another restaurant where we were shown to a table towards the rear.  The drinks order came straight away and then M had a very bad coughing fit, she thought it was caused by all the pollution, but eventually had to return home.  
We continued with our meal as it was waiting for us but once eaten, decided not to have coffee so that Ranger1 could go home to M and make sure that she was all right.
We caught the last bus back, called in for a coffee and returned to our hotel.

Our Eurostar did not leave Gare de Nord until late afternoon so we people watched outside Le Baroudeur - the food is still very basic and, at one point, we were the only customers .... speaks volumes!
A good journey home but, as I now have my nets, I'm afraid it's au revoir Paris and Hallo to Masstericht and Andre Rieux.