Teacher Summer has been over for a few weeks now--the children returned to school August 1st.* Fortunately, that didn't stop me from jetting to France for the weekend to celebrate a friend's wedding! The wedding is in the Loire Valley and I'm in the train station as I type. Yesterday was my one day in Paris and I squeezed in all the old friends that I could!
First stop: The Museé D'Orsay
Few buildings make me want to cry with joy simply by being in them, but this is one. The building is beautiful and the art is essentially Impressionism+. My best friends, the Renoirs, were on a vacay to a show in Tokyo but I managed to make do with those that stayed local.
From there I crossed the Seine and wandered through the Louvre without actually entering the galleries. Mona, you're lovely, but there just wasn't time. Keep on smiling, girl.
The final stop was through Les Halles to the modern art museum located at Centre Pompidou. En route was the classiest street band ever.**
The Centre Pompidou is a modern building to match its art. The exterior shows the glassed-in escalators that you use to access the different galleries.
Favorites included:
And since I can't get enough of Kandinsky OR polka dots:
It was a fast but great day. Until next time, Paris!***
*#georgia
**Get ready, school children, for the video you'll be forced to watch in which all their bows were perfectly aligned all the time.
***Not pictured: croissants and quiche
