Hi all, We had a third day in Paris today, and spent our time doing a few things that we had missed the days before.. the Orsay museum (which was amazing - it is in an old train station that is the most beautiful train station I have ever seen), with lots of beautiful and detailed sculptures, and paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. I found a new favorite genre - neo-impressionism, with artists such as Paul Signac and Georges Lemmen. After that, we headed out to La Defense, which is Paris' downtown area. That was great as we saw a whole different side to Paris - very different from the historic, churchy things we had been touring, and instead, a completely modern set of buildings, folks in suits, etc - what you'd expect from
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