Museum d'Orsay, Montmartre, Sacre-Coeur, Lafayette Gallery,

We started of the day at Museum d'Orsay, which used to be a train station.  And what a beautiful train station it still is!  This museum is largely dedicated to the French impressionist painters:  Monet, Manet, Renoir, Van Gough, Degas, Rodin.  You are not allowed to take a picture of anything. Nothing. Period.  Not even with the flash off.  I did however sneak a couple - before I understood that you can't even take a picture of the inside of the museum.

Next, we took the Metro to Montmartre - a hilltop filled with alley ways and cobblestone streets where bohemian, want-to-be artists create sceneries and portraits among cafe's and small restaurants.  Serious people watching, if you know what I mean.  Wow.
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Menu from previous evening dinner

 

 

 Museum d'Orsay - formally a train station

 

 

 

Montmartre - sample of art work

 

Montmartre

  



 Lunch

 

 

 Sacre-Coeur - the top of Montmartre.  It was a brilliant day weather-wise. 

 

This is the ceiling of the Lafayette Gallery - which is a mall in the heart of Paris.  There is no way this picture can depict the light and color of this magnificent stained glass ceiling.  This is so so pretty.

 

 

 

the side walls of the Lafayette Gallery center

 

 

 

Bob took the kids to the top of the Eiffel Tower tonight.  My favorite - the Arche of Triumph.  I remember seeing this at night - and it was beautiful.  However, it doesn't get dark here until like 11:00. And the sun comes up at 4:00 am.