(THIS WAS REALLY WRITTEN BY AIDAN)
We did a lot today. First, we had a long subway ride all the way across Paris to discover that there was a two hour wait to get into the catacombs. (The line went literally around the block. Well, halfway, but it was a big block. I'm not kidding.) Then we took another long train ride to Musee d'Orsay. We saw an exhibition on masks. We also saw the Corners of the World statue. Does anybody know why one of the (bare chested) women holding up the globe is chained up but the others aren't? Next, we went to the Orangerie. They had eight giant waterlily paintings by Monet, and a bunch of other paintings (at least half of which showed nude or bare chested women, and none of which showed nude men.) Next, we went to the textile museum and saw a bunch of clothes. Then, at 2:00 in the afternoon, we went to have lunch. The pace that was recommended to us had nothing left, so we went to another place that had really good food but only had one server/busboy/barman/cashier, so it was four in the afternoon by the time we started to eat.
In order from top to bottom, the pictures are of: A model of L'Opera Garnier, the clock in Musee d'Orsay (which used to be a train station), Le Baselique de Sacre-Couer barely visible through an exterior clock at Musee d'Orsay, and an idea for police transport that I thought was cool but wouldn't work in Seattle: Rollerblades.
We did a lot today. First, we had a long subway ride all the way across Paris to discover that there was a two hour wait to get into the catacombs. (The line went literally around the block. Well, halfway, but it was a big block. I'm not kidding.) Then we took another long train ride to Musee d'Orsay. We saw an exhibition on masks. We also saw the Corners of the World statue. Does anybody know why one of the (bare chested) women holding up the globe is chained up but the others aren't? Next, we went to the Orangerie. They had eight giant waterlily paintings by Monet, and a bunch of other paintings (at least half of which showed nude or bare chested women, and none of which showed nude men.) Next, we went to the textile museum and saw a bunch of clothes. Then, at 2:00 in the afternoon, we went to have lunch. The pace that was recommended to us had nothing left, so we went to another place that had really good food but only had one server/busboy/barman/cashier, so it was four in the afternoon by the time we started to eat.
In order from top to bottom, the pictures are of: A model of L'Opera Garnier, the clock in Musee d'Orsay (which used to be a train station), Le Baselique de Sacre-Couer barely visible through an exterior clock at Musee d'Orsay, and an idea for police transport that I thought was cool but wouldn't work in Seattle: Rollerblades.
We love the C.R.S (super cops) on roller blades. You are right, it would not work so well in Seattle. But as you found out, one has to walk for miles in Paris ( that's why French women are thin). Maybe everyone should be on roller blades. Your pictures of Paris are stunning and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVeronique.