Late start :S, left at around 11?
Headed to the Louvre, and of course, there’s a line up. And rain. Did not feel like waiting in a 1.5 hour line so I went on to the next destination, Musée d’Orsay. Walked. Wasn’t too bad, ran into other interesting sights along the way. But. Another 1.5 hour line. NEXT! Musée Rodin. Walked. A little bit farther, also walked into more buildings and museums. Paris is quite the tourist attraction.
Anyways, no line! Yay… Headed out to the garden and saw Rodin’s “The Thinker“, “The Gates of Hell“, etc. I wish I was able to get into that sculpture class back at York… Oh well. Into the permanent exhibit, more awesome sculptures. I have a thing for hand sculptures too, Rodin’s “The Cathedral“. Continuing on, the temporary exhibit featured Marble sculptures by various artists that worked with Rodin. Pretty cool, but we weren’t allowed to take pictures of these ones.
And off I go, long way around back to d’Orsay. Hit some cool sculptures at the bridges, fountains, Grand Palais… and finally got in line at d’Orsay. Maybe one less row/column than when I first came by. Being the prepared traveller that I am, my umbrella was in my bag. The bag that I don’t carry around. 😉 Got pretty wet, rained for about 30-45 minutes, I’m not sure, I tried to move as little as possible. Took about 1.5 hours to get inside. 415ish. Museum starts closing exhibits at 530. Had just enough time to peruse the permanent exhibits. The Vincent Van Gogh room was very busy. I wish I had more time.. and less tourists? haha.. Bumped into Angela as the place started to close up, what a coincidence! Oh. No photos allowed whatsoever. That doesn’t stop some people. Horrible.
Heading back, grabbed some pastries 🙂 Flan aux Fruits, Eclair au chocolat, Paille Framboise. All for me. haha. Yum.
Tmr, last real day!! Must wake up earlier and line up for the Louvre. Visit Notre Dame, and the Pantheon. and… what else? hm.
Rhino outside of d’Orsay, The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, The Cathedral, Overview of d’Orsay
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