Ngokuqhubekayo indlela yethu ilele eMontmartre (ngokuhunyushwa kusukela eFrance - "intaba yabafel 'ukholo)" - enye yezindawo ezindala kakhulu nezithakazelisayo kakhulu eParis. Uma siphuma emgwaqweni, idolobha lisihlaba umxhwele ngesakhiwo esilandelayo sokwakha. Indawo iyafana ne-anthill ephazamisekile. Kunoma yikuphi isimo sezulu, ukuvuselelwa kubusa yonke indawo: emafasiteleni esitolo esidakeni, emigwaqeni yokuhamba ngebhayisikili kanye namabhayisikili, ezindaweni zokudlela ezinomsoco. Endabeni yokuhlekisa emgwaqweni, ukukhala kwekhanda lamaphoyisa kuphazamiseka.
Sithandwa umgwaqo omncane, sikhumbule imakethe yaseSoviet ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engu-80. Ukuhweba okukhulayo lapha akuyeki okwesikhashana. Futhi elahliwe enqwaba, ehlanjwe impahla yemvula iyahlakazeka eceleni komgwaqo. Ama-lonelytourists ahlaselwa njalo ngabaculi abanemizuzu engu-15 kuphela ukudweba isithombe noma i-caricature. I-Montmartre ibilokhu iyindawo eyintandokazi yabadwebi: ngesikhathi esisodwa uRenoir, uDegas nabanye abaningi abadumile bahlala futhi basebenza lapha. Futhi naphezu kokuthi emva kweMpi Yezwe Yomhlaba, indima yendima yesibhakabhaka eya eMontparnasse, eMontmartre namuhla idonsela amashumi ezinkulungwane zabahambi abavela emhlabeni wonke. Phezulu kwentaba yiCathréral eyaziwa ngokuthi iS Sacré-Coeur, eyakhiwe ngo-1876. Lapha kufanele uqaphele ngokukhethekile: emgodini wokubuka, lapho ukubukwa kweParis kuvulwa khona. Abafuduki bangumshayabhuqe wangempela waseParis. Ubukhulu bezinhlekelele bungabonakaliswa ngemifanekiso: namuhla abantu baseParis abangekho ngaphezu kuka-40% wabantu basemadolobheni.
Enye iParis, noma kunjalo, iFrance ayikhawulelwanga. Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuzwa okuphelele, sizovela ezifundazweni ukubona izinqaba ze-Loire. Indawo efanele ihamba ngehora lesithathu ukusuka eParis. Akukho ukuzithiba nokuphikisana, imvelo ibhekwa ukuhlanzeka nobuhle bomuzi, futhi izakhamuzi ziyifa elingokoqobo laseFrance, elingalokhu lizwakala namuhla kumafilimu amadala aseFrance. Lona yiFrance, enezindlu ezincane ezinamathele, izindwangu ezinokuthula ezinamahlathi nezinhlanzi ezinamahlathi, ezichazwe emisebenzini yezincwadi zesiFulentshi ezivamile.
Njengoba kuqhathaniswa namakhosi amahle aseRashiya aphelile, iVersailles ibheka kunalokho kulula. Kubonakala sengathi amakhosi aseFrance ayengumkhawulo omkhulu, noma ababusi bethu babe nemali eningi. Ngandlela-thile, kodwa umdlandla we "ubuciko obubuciko bokubukwa kweFrance yekhulu le-XVII" ubheka ukunyanyisa.