We just had a very delicious diner at Chez Marie. We each had a menu at fixed price. I had escargots, duck, and profiteroles. It was delicious. People who think escargots will be disgusting: GO JUMP IN A LAKE!!!!!! THEY AREN'T!!!!!! They taste exactly like whatever you cook them in, usually garlic.
Anyway. Today, we went to Les Invalides, Le Musee Rodin, et Le Musee de la Marine.
At Invalides, we looked at the ancient weapons and giant canons (see above left). We also went to Dome de L'eglise, where Napoleon is burried.
At Le Musee Rodin, Declan and I got fairly bored. I did notice that Rodin seemed to have a facination with sculpting naked women, or at least women with very little on. I also noticed that most of the paintings (by various artists) that hung around the museum seemed to feature a suprising amount of breast. Outside the museum, we saw sculpture such as The Thinker and The Gates of Hell. Dad went on at great length about the Burghers of Calais.
Le Musee de la Marine is a naval museum. I observed a lack of recognition of naval disasters such as tumblehome hulls (hulls shaped like an upsidedown V) and the Titanic. They have a great number of models, which they say they have for engineering students. We also got to see an anchor rope from the 1747. It was used with a three ton anchor and is about a foot thick.
Sounds like the Rodin museum should be "x" rated! The anchor line sounds big enough to SINK the ship -- of course, three tons is pretty hefty too, how do you balance that on a boat?
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wow aidan, those are some interesting things to notice...though admittedly I always notice that sort of thing too. Was it just part of the culture of the worl back then to expose women's bodies or what?
ReplyDeleteoh, and I forgot to say this, I WANNA LOOK AT CANNONS!! Oh, and, if you haven't already, you must eat as many beignets as possible. The first time I had one, I wondered why Krispe Kreme hasn't been replaced yet.
ReplyDeleteand you would want a three ton anchor why? I also refuse to ump in a lake, it's cold. I can't even eat snails.
ReplyDeletewow, big rope
ReplyDeleteive had escargots in France before, they are garlicky, are tasty, but when i had them in other places they were terrible, probably bad cooking...
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