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Paris might look quite flat except from the Montmartre area, but north east in the city you can walk up, up, up and eventually find yourself in a beautiful park, Parc des Buttes Chaumont.
The park which is the fifth largest park in the city, is not very well known among tourists, but very popular among the locals.
It was built in the time of Napoleon III, opening in 1867, and an amazing place with an artificial grotto and a steep waterfall as its supposed highlight.
Up on the highest top is a Temple de la Sibylle, inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, outside Rome.
Apparently Park des Buttes Chaumont is a popular place for weddings and wedding photos. Especially on a Saturday in July. When we came up to the Sibylle Temple, a photographer was busy taking pictures of a newlywed couple. A lovely bouquet of children waiting patiently.
As soon as they photographing were finished, we walked up the last steps, to enjoy the amazing view.
Sacre Coeur and Montmartre, where we were the other night.
Of course we had to take a selfie for snapchat, and while we were busy looking into the camera, Marta took a photo of us :-)
mer ivrig på selfies enn ungdommen
more eager to take selfies than the youngsters
I had read about Parc des Buttes Chaumont in Edward Rutherfurd´s book Paris, and was especially looking forward to see the grotto and the waterfall. A disappointment. No water in the waterfall, and part of the area was closed.
On our way down to the Matro, we stopped in the village Butte Bergeyre, but that´s another tale.
