Paris - Part VIII

Sunday morning we headed up to Montmartre after breakfast at our hotel.

I think that the Abessess train station is one of the more beautiful ones in Paris.

Then up the steps to the Sacre-Couer

And then we walked around town for a while and had lunch.

Lots of graffiti up there -

Loved the name of this place -

And then we had a little lunch... beer and croque monsieur ...

Paris - Part IX

On Sunday we walked down to the Luxembourg Gardens - only about a 5 minute walk from our hotel...

It was awesome.  It is my new favoritest place in the world.

Specifically, I loved the Medici Fountain.   It was originally built in 1630.  That's personally a little hard to wrap my head around.  Basically, this fountain is older than our ENTIRE COUNTRY... 

If I lived in Paris, I would go to the Medici Fountain every day.

I would have my own little green chair there.  I would not share it with anyone else.

This guy was both scary and a little hot, at the same time.

Basically, this garden shows what I love about Paris.  People were hanging out, barefoot, reading, eating, kids were playing, dogs were laying around.  One lady and her husband brought supper and their poodle and she unpacked him his own little water dish and they had a picnic.

Finn and Lola would dig that.  They would also herd all those children around.

Paris - Part VI

Friday - we went shopping. Oh, come on - you knew it would happen...

Printemps - where we visited the scarves, handbags and macaroons at Lauduree.

And then down the Rue St. Honore to lust for the things we could not afford.  Woe!

The ladies at Hermes are snots.  Just sayin'.

And Friday night we walked down to the Eiffel Tower.

And dinner by Place d'Alma.  We had a great view of the Place - but the dinner was only so so.
 

Paris - Part VII

Saturday we hit the Louvre...

It's not my favorite place - I have to say. It's HUGE and you could spend a week there and not see it all.

I did enjoy Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss:

And of course, Venus de Milo

There is an Apple Store in the mall at the Louvre - we did not go in but it was cool to see.

And then we spent some time outside in the Tuileries Garden

Saturday night we cruised down to La Grand Epicerie to check out the food!

Pastries -

And Macaroons 

There was also a lot of bread and liquor there, in case you were worried about meeting your nutritional needs!

Paris - Part IV

On Thursday, we started out at the Pompidou Centre. I have been there before, but I have to say that I really, really enjoyed it this time. I think I've developed more of an appreciation of modern art over the years.

My favorite piece was a new acquisition, an untitled Mark Rothko from 1966.  It made me cry...

They also had a very cool Cy Twombly:

An untitled piece by Christopher Wood -

And this one called Figure 5, 1960 by Jasper Johns (also a favorite of mine) -

After art, we went upstairs to George's and had brunch - it's probably the priciest place that we ate while there, but the view is wonderful and the food was amazing -

Bread and olives and champagne.  What's not to love?

And lovely eggs Benedict for brunch.

And of course, the view -

Paris - Part V

We spent Thursday afternoon at the Rodin Museum.

It was a beautiful, beautiful place. The gardens were just so lovely.

Rodin's sculptures were throughout the grounds and the house -

And the house itself was really beautiful  - made me want one just like it.

And the Dome Church was right next door.

If you go to Paris, do check out the Rodin Museum.  It's really conveniently located and such a lovely way to spend some time.