Paris

Water lilies, anyone?

A short walk across the Tuileries gardens, and we are at the Musée de l’Orangerie where Claude Monet’s famed Water Lilies get most of the attention, even though works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Rousseau, Alfred Sisley, Chaim Soutine, and Maurice Utrillo, have plenty to say for themselves. […]

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Paris

Touring the Louvre

The Louvre is walking distance from our AirBnB, so we strike out early. We’ve laid down a baseline of pain au chocolat, yogurt, and muesli, so we’re in good shape calorie-wise. Crossing the bridge, we see a photographer shooting two dancers. It’s another mystery, so we stop to watch. Because we’ve got the magic Paris […]

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