FRANCE 8 - Museums & Au Revoir!

On our final day in Paris, Aaron and I had a few museums that we wanted to go to.  We had been to the Louvre and the Museum of Modern Art on a trip four years earlier, but we hadn't been to the Musee d'Orsay yet!  This museum was once a train station built in the late 1800s,... and it's HUGE!  I had no idea!  It was so fun to see the art in person that I had studied in college,... pieces by Monet, Manet, Renoir, Cezanne, Suerat, Van Gogh, and an entire expedition devoted to Degas!  We weren't allowed to take pictures of the art, so you'll have to take my word for it when I say it was AWESOME!

We also went to a museum we didn't even know was there before this trip...another museum of modern art.  Some of it was really cool and another part of it I didn't like at all.

 

When we were done perusing the museums, Aaron and I had a chance to just walk around and take in the sights.  We walked past the National Assembly and it looked like they were getting ready to escort someone important.  We didn't wait around to see who...

Hotel des Invalides

Aaron has been to France soooo many times that we've lost count.  So when it comes to knowing where the best place to buy a crepe is...he's what you'd call an expert!  So we bought our crepes (northern side of the Eiffel Tower right by the bridge...ssssshhhh:) with nutella, banana, and chantilly and sat by the Seine to feast.  They were oh so yummy!  Check out the size of those nutella jars!

 

We walked up to Trocadero to take in some final sights of Paris and the Eiffel Tower...and said au revoir!

I was sad to go, but soooo ready to be home.  I couldn't WAIT to see the kids!!!


It was later this evening that we started to get phone calls from friends about the fire and evacuation.  You can read about that here.