During a discussion with Emmanuel, our French tutor, we agreed to go on an adventure to Montmartre, the largest hill in Paris. Atop the hill sits Sacre-Coeur, a church dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus. It was glorious to climb up the steps, taking moments to glance behind me at the slowly emerging view. My hands felt numb from the cold once we got to the top. Inside the church, it was full of depictions of Jesus. I loved that this church celebrated Jesus above all the other saints, unlike all other beautiful churches we had visited. We learned it was created to bring people back to morality after the French Revolution. We walked further up the hill to the museums and shops behind. This area hosted many artists students in the nineteenth century. Artists like Monet, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Mondrian, Picasso, Pissarro, and Van Gogh had studios in this area. I was especially excited about these artists because they are the head of the impressionist movement. Today, this area is populated by artists selling their work on the street. I was fascinated watching them work, using a variety of mediums. We stumbled upon a small modern art museum with prints of Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup Can and sculptures by Salvador Dali of the Persistence of Memory (melting clocks). We continued towards the famous intersection in which La Maison Rose stands. I had seen a photo of this area on Pinterest, and us girls loved the pink backdrop for taking photos. Our adventures continued when we looked at the windmill in which they filmed a scene from the live action Beauty and the Beast movie. We also saw the famous wall covered in “I love you” in hundreds of different languages. The day ended with a delicious dish of lasagna and a scoop of icecream for dessert. It was perfect and we are so thankful for Emmanuel and her willingness to show us this area of Paris!