Kuwonjezera apo njira yathu ili pa Montmartre (potembenuzidwa kuchokera ku French - "phiri la ofera") - imodzi mwa malo akale kwambiri komanso osangalatsa kwambiri ku Paris. Kutuluka mumzindawu, mzindawo umatisangalatsa ndi zotsatira zowonjezera zomangamanga. Derali likufanana ndi malo osokonezeka. M'nyengo iliyonse yam'mlengalenga, kubwezeretsanso kumapiri paliponse: m'mawindo ogulitsa matope, pamsewu wopaka miyala ndi njinga, muzipinda zonunkhira. M'njira yodutsa mumsewu, apolisi a siren akudumpha.
Timakopeka ndi msewu wopapatiza, ndikukumbutsa msika wa Soviet kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 80. Malonda obwera pano sakuima kwa mphindi imodzi. Ndipo atayika pamulu, osambitsidwa ndi mvula amwazikana pamsewu. Odzipereka okha amalimbana ndi ojambula omwe ali ndi mphindi 15 zokha kujambula chithunzi kapena caricature. Chabwino, Montmartre wakhala malo okondedwa kwa ojambula: nthawi ina Renoir, Degas ndi ena ambiri otchuka ankakhala ndi kugwira ntchito kuno. Ndipo ngakhale kuti pambuyo pa nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse, udindo wa komiti ya bohemian inapita ku Montparnasse, Montmartre masiku ano amakopa anthu ambirimbiri oyendayenda padziko lonse lapansi. Pamwamba pa phiri ndi Cathedral yotchedwa Sacré-Coeur, yomwe inamangidwa mu 1876. Pano mukuyenera kusamala kwambiri: pamalo osungirako malo, kuchokera ku malo okongola a Paris otseguka. Anthu ochokera kudziko lina ndi mliri weniweni wa Paris. Kukula kwa chiwonongeko kungathe kufotokozedwa ndi ziwerengero: lero anthu a ku Parisiya sali oposa 40% a m'mizinda.
Paris imodzi, ngakhale zili bwino, France silimangokhala. Choncho, chifukwa cha zovuta zathunthu, tidzatha kuchokera kumapiri kuti tikaone nyumba za Loire. Malo abwino ndi maola atatu kuchokera ku Paris. Palibe kudzikuza ndi kukangana, chikhalidwe chimakhudzidwa ndi ukhondo ndi kukongola kwa mzindawo, ndipo anthu okhalapo ndi French cholowa chenichenicho, chomwe lero chingamvekedwe m'mafilimu akale achi France. Ndi France, ndi nyumba zake zazing'ono, zitsamba zokongola komanso nkhalango zowirira, zomwe zafotokozedwa m'magulu a mabuku achifalansa.
Poyerekeza ndi nyumba zachifumu zachifumu za ku Russia zomwe zimasintha, Versailles amawoneka mophweka. Zikuwoneka kuti mafumu a ku France anali malire akulu, kapena mafumu athu anali ndi ndalama zambiri. Njira imodzi, koma changu cha "luso lachi France chazaka za XVII" likuwoneka mopambanitsa.