We woke up to another cold and windy day in Paris, with a few light showers of rain - the perfect day to go to an art gallery! Unfortunately the other 1000 people in the line at the Musee D'Orsay thought the same, so we waited quite some time before we got in.
Despite the wait it was well worth it to see the Impressionist paintings and all our favourites - Alice and Emily were thrilled to see Degas' Little Dancer, Damian fell in love with the Van Gogh's and we all loved crowd favourites, Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Sisley.... It was a fitting day to go to the Musee D'Orsay - 25th September is Mum and Dad's wedding anniversary (58 years this year since they were married) - so the daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren of two great artists, visited the works of some other great artists! I had a lovely chat with Mum the night before and she also spent a lovely day with family for this special day.
The rest of the day was spent lunching, wandering around St Germain, walking through the Marais district (Emily and I), and even visiting Victor Hugo's house - very fitting as we'll be seeing Les Miserables in London next week!
One last dinner in Paris at a restaurant called Bouillonn Racine - a gorgeous example of Art Nouveau style decor and then home to bed. Emily and I snuck off for one last look at the Eiffel Tower lit up at night and then collapsed into bed, happy we'd squeezed every possible thing we could into our visit to Paris.
What a wonderful trip to France we've had!! Today we're off to Rome, so will be leaving our beautiful apartment at around 10. I'll have to put last day photos up later. For now, Au Revoir and Merci to France - thanks for a truly wonderful and memory filled time!
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