Paris 2016

After a long crossing of The Pond through the night, and a near miss by Charlie and Jane — whose Icelandair flight was delayed long enough to make their connection kind of a nail-biter — we checked in to our […]

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, […]

Since we are staying only inches away from the Musee d’Orsay on the left bank of the Seine, we decide to make it our very first serious museum stop. If you are looking for the largest collection of Impressionist and […]

When a person is in Paris for the first time ever, and a person has purchased a thing called The Paris Pass, which gives one unlimited access to far too many things to see and do, and a person has […]

Before moving on, we decide to restore ourselves with a bit of lunch. Everyone else is eating outside, but we opt for the quieter space inside. Our waiter is pleasant, and we order sandwiches on crusty bread that scratches the […]

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 […]