MUSEE D'ORSAY AND EIFFEL TOWER

On Sunday, it was Carol and Andrew's turn to have the stomach bug. So Emily and I headed out on our own adventure to see the Musee D'Orsay.

AGAIN, no pictures inside. But outside we had to reassess our opinions about French crowds which had been formed at Montmartre. The line for D'Orsay went down the block and around the corner. Near the museum, it wound back and forth around ropes and posts like Disney World. Except when we got there, we saw that there were NO ROPES OR POSTS. The people just twisted back and forth to take up less space. And no one jumped line !





The line wasn't too awful bad considering it was "Free Sunday" for the museums. But Emily did have time to take some pictures of the outdoor sculptures.

OF COURSE - A HORSE !


Last Summer at Biltmore we saw this print


from a 1515 picture by Durer, who never actually saw a rhinoceros. It was accepted as accurate for many years.

Apparently long enough for someone to sculpt it for display outside the D'Orsey -





When Emily and I went to the flat to eat before meeting the rest of the clan at the Eiffel Tower we found that Andrew was feeling better. So the three of us went in search of Tom etal. We found them just before the went through the turnstiles. Thank you Tinkerbell.

We all went to the first level. Emily started feeling poorly so I took her back to the flat. Andrew stayed with Tom and the crew. They all went to the top. Then they went ice skating - INSIDE THE EIFFEL TOWER !! Who knew !



We only have a couple of days left in Paris. We're hoping for better weather and everyone well.

MORE WALKING IN PARIS

Doing these posts so long after the fact, along with my PDA crashing and erasing all of my calender entries for the past years has resulted in some errors. We did not go to the Louvre on New Year's Day, we went on Dec 31st. All pictures and descriptions are completely accurate - they just didn't happen on the day I said.

On New Year's Day, knowing we had the football game scheduled, we went out for another walking tour.

Starting with the Arc de Triomphe.

Magnificent









AND they had a Port-a-John - which by now you've learned is very important to this old man.



I was wearing my Penn State jacket. Three co-eds came up to us and said, "HI - Are you from Pennsylvania?" It's good to know that the legendary PSU allure still works, even for an old man !!! They were not Penn Staters but were all from PA. They had seen us earlier on the Metro and didn't say anything. But twice in one day was just too much.




We did not exchange names or email addresses so I don't think they'll ever find me or their pictures. But with the wonders of the WEB and Google, who knows.

Accepting the realization that we were NOT going to have a clear sunny day in Paris, we went to Montmartre.


We did not go into Sacre Coeur because the line was WAY too long. And it wasn't even a line - it was a major mob scene.

"We're not in England, Toto."


But we did enjoy the outside and the view - even through the fog.





From here we went to The Moose for the PSU bowl game - but I've already told you about that.
Tomorrow is Sunday - free admission to Paris Museums. We'll see what we're up to doing.