Did I mention I love this place?!?!
Today I had my second day in Paris and even with jet lag and incredibly sore feet (marble may make a beautiful palace floor, but it sure does hurt to walk on for hours), I love Paris and just cannot get enough. Here are a few of my adventures from today:
We wandered through the Bastille square on the way to le Metro.
I happened to notice a beautiful open air market nearby, so we had to stop.
They had beautiful produce.
…and the most amazing mountain of fresh radishes I have every seen. They were so incredibly beautiful!
There were many food vendors preparing their wares for the day, including a true rotisserie who was preparing a wide variety of meats.
There was a poissionerie with an amazing tower of L’aguoustines.
After wandering through the market, I enjoyed my first, fresh, French croissant! The kind woman at the patisserie thought I was more than a little crazy to be so excited by her baked goods. The croissant was even better than I expected. My favorite was the croissant aux allmandes.
We arrived at le Metro (Opera station) only to find out that our line was not yet operating, but a kind woman tolerated my French enough to help us re-route.
We found the train we needed and were off to enjoy the free museum day. It wasn’t yet 9:00 a.m.
We arrived at Le Louvre and waited in line for about an hour to get in. But there were so many beautiful things to look at and photograph that the time went very quickly.
The palace was awe inspiring. I cannot imagine what it must have been like when court was held there.
They had a decent art collection too!
Yes, I saw “it” and a million other works the Louvre had on display. It was truly overwhelming.
I have to be honest that it was thrilling to catch a glimpse of the REAL Eiffel tower as we walked from Le Louvre to Musee D’Orsay!
The Musee D’Orsay is in an incredibly beautiful old train station.
They have a wonderful collection with more French Impressionistic paintings than any other museum in the world.
They are also featuring a special collection of nudes by Degas at the moment.
We also enjoyed a stroll along the banks of the famous Seine River, then my camera battery died so I had to stop taking photos with the 580 I had already done today. I will share more photos of more adventures in France soon! Tomorrow we are heading to the countryside for a few days. If possible, I will keep you posted!
