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| Musee d'Orsay Prior to 1986, Impressionist artworks were scattered around the city, in
fact, around the country. These works were gathered up into what used to be
an old train station (Gare d'Orsay). Sounds weird ... but the
building is a fitting place to show these masterpieces, and is as
interesting as the artwork.
One of my favorite displays is a miniature city of Paris under the floor.
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| Sacre Coeur Saturday we went to Sacre Coeur and Montmartre. Walking to the Metro to
begin our adventure, delightfully unencumbered by rain gear, it started to
sprinkle when we got about 2 blocks from the hotel. We discussed walking back
those two long blocks (haha!) to get our rain gear from the hotel (we each had a
raincoat, plastic rain poncho, and umbrella). We decided that we would take our
chances on the weather (after which point it started pouring!).
We spent all afternoon ducking in and out of places trying to stay dry ...
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| Sacre Coeur |
Sacre Coeur |
Mom waiting to board the funicular rail that
goes to the top of the hill (or you can walk the million stairs, if you
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| Montmartre Montmarte is the "bohemian" artist community of Paris. Street artists
replaced the street musicians we saw in the rest of the city. On every
corner were people offering to sketch or paint your picture. It would
be a great place to walk around if it weren't raining ...
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| La Boheme |
Well-maintained, structurally sound
construction |
This is how Mom spent her vacation - pay
toilets right on the sidewalk |
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