PARIS 2015

August 9, 2015. Paris, France
posted by: Paul

First I want to say to people who visit the Musee D' Orsay, and any other art museum: Cheesy Crisps, enough with the smartphone cameras, already!! I mean, do you really need a digital photo of every painting in the building? So many of you were doing this in the impressionist galleries that many times I could only see a painting by looking at your display! Buy the book at the museum bookstore.

And while you are at it, learn a bit about museum etiquette and common courtesy. If I am standing back a bit and studying a large painting, it is mannerly not to step in front of me and block my view. As a test, I stood back a few feet from a nice painting and intently viewed it, with a pondering look on my face so there would be no mistake that I was studying the piece. In a span of about 30 seconds about 6 of you walked or stood in front of me, and I was bumped into 4 times.

OK, got that off my chest.

Ah, Paris! The city of light, love, cheese, wine and tourists. We highly recommend the Hotel Odeon, a small, friendly place in a great location. We have walked around a bit, viewed the sunset from Pont Neuf (bridge), had a very incredible dinner at Le Christine (highly recommended by Mia and Tim - we agree), struggled through the crowds in the impressionist gallery of Musee D' Orsay, and had a much more leisurely viewing of the Italian art deco exhibit. We even took a taxi to Helmut Newcake bakery, which is 100% sans gluten. Tonight a concert of Vivaldi at Chapel St. Chapelle was absolutely marvelous, with soloist violinist David Bracini and a string quintet.

Tomorrow we fly to Barcelona to hook up with the FriedFish, Radmacher and Tewfik families for a week of fun in that great city.

Here is a link to a few photos, for your enjoyment.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/95157126@N03/T6F6Dd

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