thoughts about paris, and other pictures

"For everything everybody says, good and bad, Paris remains one of the greatest, most beautiful, most magical cities in the world. And like a lot of great cities, it's entirely possible to have a bad time. Please don't do that. Just avoid the obvious. Some of us are lucky enough to see Paris once in our lifetime, please make the most of it by doing as little as possible." Anthony Bourdain in The Layover: Paris

Outside La Machine

Somewhere between Blanche and Pigalle

Blanche Metro Station

Eiffel Tower

The garden in the Musee Rodin

View of Paris from the Centre Pompidou

paris day two

Thought I better get cracking on our adventures in Paris, Day Two. Started out nice enough, we took the bus down to the Musee Rodin and managed to breeze through the queue (yay for the Paris Museum Pass!) After that, we had Vietnamese for lunch before heading to Napoleon's Tomb. After that we tried getting into Musee L'orangerie but this being a Tuesday, it was closed! Drat. Tried to get into the Musee D'orsay but the queue was crazy long, and it was drizzling. We managed to get in in the end. The space is beautiful but it was so crowded, it was almost impossible to enjoy.

The beautiful Seine

Inside Musee Rodin

Met these two Korean girls who kept copying the poses of the sculptures

Inside Napoleon's Tomb

Tomb of Joseph Bonaparte

Watching over Napoleon's tomb

Walking past the Seine to get to Musee L'orangerie

Second's time a charm, finally got into Musee D'orsay

I feel just like them

We went by Marais and ended up outside Centre Pompidou

A rather successful Day Two, wouldn't you agree?