We started off today (September 23) at the Musee d’Orsay – a wonderful museum that houses a lot of sculpture and the major works of the Impressionists. In a word – WOW. The Impressionist exhibition was wonderful – Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gough. It was simply amazing to see so many wonderful paintings and sculptures that you’ve only seen in books. I really liked the works of Degas and Monet. The Degas ballet paintings and sculptures were just stunning. I also really liked the Monet landscapes and paintings of women. The van Gough collection was also impressive. Seeing so many wonderful artworks is really overwhelming and quite exhausting – it’s almost like you have a real sensory overload.
In the afternoon we took the girls to the Jardin du Luxembourg as they needed some physical release It had an absolutely enormous playground (which we had to pay to get into!), which was mainly packed with Parisian children. Ellen had a great time with the children talking French to her! The park also has another playground of just swings and another area where boys were riding billy carts. People were also playing petanque – we which watched for a while. It was a lot of fun with some really expert players.
That evening we had dinner at the Indian restaurant again and then headed to the Eiffel Tower. We had hoped to avoid the queues – but there were still quite long queues. We decided to go only to the second level and not all the way to the top as it was a further 45 minutes to queue for the lift to the top floor. We were also treated to a light show with the tower covered in flashing lifts for about 10 minutes each hour. The view even from the second level (both Alastair and Susanna were very happy that we weren’t going to the top) was still fantastic. At night the city is indeed a city of lights with all the monuments like Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame lit up to stand out. The girls especially enjoyed it. Ellen said it was the most exciting thing she had seen in her life
Carlene
In the afternoon we took the girls to the Jardin du Luxembourg as they needed some physical release It had an absolutely enormous playground (which we had to pay to get into!), which was mainly packed with Parisian children. Ellen had a great time with the children talking French to her! The park also has another playground of just swings and another area where boys were riding billy carts. People were also playing petanque – we which watched for a while. It was a lot of fun with some really expert players.
That evening we had dinner at the Indian restaurant again and then headed to the Eiffel Tower. We had hoped to avoid the queues – but there were still quite long queues. We decided to go only to the second level and not all the way to the top as it was a further 45 minutes to queue for the lift to the top floor. We were also treated to a light show with the tower covered in flashing lifts for about 10 minutes each hour. The view even from the second level (both Alastair and Susanna were very happy that we weren’t going to the top) was still fantastic. At night the city is indeed a city of lights with all the monuments like Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame lit up to stand out. The girls especially enjoyed it. Ellen said it was the most exciting thing she had seen in her life
Carlene
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