Bus Trip!

One of the two smaller twins of the Statue of Liberty that are in Paris, this one is on a small island in the river Seine.

While we were picking up our bus passes for the hop on hop off tour the other day I noticed they had an all day trip to Versailles and Gieverny.  Yes, I knew they weren't exactly in the same directions, yes, I had directions how to get to both places via public transportation, yes I knew a package deal would be more expensive BUT we did it anyway!  So, Friday morning we headed into Paris bright and early and ate a wonderful breakfast close to the bus stop.  Then we boarded the bus for the trip to Versailles.  

Friday, June 13, 2014

Breakfast omelettes, chocolate croissants, orange juice and hot chocolate, yum, all while seated on the sidewalk enjoying watching people make their morning commute in Paris!

Walking Back to our Hotel

we spotted this car decal, can you read it?  It says Bass Pro Shops!

and stopped at a market to buy some cold water and a snack, we found OREOS!

More Photos from the Paris Metro

While some of the Paris metros had artwork or decoration on the whole they were more utilitarian than Moscow's metros.  

Musee d'Orsay

The church on the far hill is Sacre Coeur.

Photography was not allowed in this museum, I snuck a few.  Some of my favorites were Poppy Field by Claude Monet, La Vuelta de la pesca by Juaquin Sorolla and ballet paintings and sculptures by Edgar Degas.  But, it was also very cool to see in person paintings that I've read about and seen prints of such as Whistler's Mother, The Gleaners and Apples and Oranges.  We also toured the temporary exhibit about Van Gogh.  The museum itself is a beautiful space and was a railroad station built between 1898 and 1900.