Musee D'Orsay

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Why did we visit the Museé D'Orsay on a Tuesday? The Louvre is closed so everyone is here. Inside the museum, it's all about Impressionism buffered by the Realism, Classism and Naturalism that preceeded it and the Pointilism, Primitivism, and Post-Impressionism that well, proceeded it. It's interesting and pleasing but betwen Seurat print umbrellas and Van Gogh calenders I'm at the point where I think Impressionism is hurting art as now as much as it helped it 90 years ago. We were saved fromthe crowds by some excellent sculpture by Rodin and his muse/pupil/lover Camille Claudet. Looking forward to visiting the Museé Rodin later this week.

Between the bread, wine, and cheese alone, the gastro-tourism part of the trip has been fantastic. Today we ate these Egyptian oranges (oooo, ahhhhh... fascinating) that were amazing. We've also tried tender, and meaty torpedo-shaped French strawberries. Fresh bread is cheap since the price of a Baguette has been regualted by the government since the French Revolution.

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Photos

La Musee D'Orsay
Converted from an old train station

Smart Car Parking
You can park these things anywhere...and people do. I'll keep my eye out for more