Mornings are for yet another scrumptious breakfast on our apartment balcony. I've had a decadent almond croissant almost every morning - thank god we will be biking soon!
The view from the balcony of Place Contrescarpe - the street market takes place just beyond the red awning down Rue Mouffetard.
Most of our museum visits start with a stroll through Luxembourgh Gardens. Below the palace photo is Peter's wonderful watercolor sketch of the scene. The Gardens are one of our favorite places to tarry and people-watch.
Peter's pencil sketch of the fantastic topiary in the Gardens - gigantic hedge walls!
There is a lot of overt energy conscious displays in Paris - we loved this all-electric Smart Car juicing up at a street "pump".
The chocolatiers are absolutely over the top with exquisite creations - and yes, this petit bunny does cost 180 euros. Maybe next Easter...
The Rodin museum mansion was closed for renovations but the Sculpture gardens are worth the visit. Peter sketched the lovely figure in the foreground as we soaked up the serenity. Much of the mansion content has been re-displayed in a temporary exhibit so we didn't miss much!
A great skyline view from the Rodin Museum gardens - the gold dome is Les Invalides (left) and the Eiffel Tower is peeking up to the right.
Within Les Invalides is Napoleon's tomb. The scale is breathtaking and this outer sarcophagus contains many more inner sarcophagi with Napoleon in the very center of the boxes. This lies in the middle of a grand recessed space with a dome above (see skyline photo above) that rivals our Capitol Building In D. C. ...
A display of cavalry dress and tack in Les Invalides - note the amazing amount of metal in this bit. Little wonder the horse is depicted with a gaping mouth. I assume these must have all been uncontrollable stallions based upon the severity of the bits!
Among the neato objects in the Museum of Arts and Metiers was this wood and carbon fiber bicycle.
We also spent time in the Pompidou Center - saw a wonderful Rothko painting (seriously I love Rothko!)
The views from the Pompidou Center of Sacre Coeur were wonderful!
Today (Sunday the 30th) we designated as an "unplanned" day for lazing, strolling, sketching and blogging. These three photos below are our traditional window/balcony shots that we do on every trip for almost every lodging - makes for great memories!
And just for good measure, here is the entrance door to our apartment - a nice, low-key pedestrian street by day and a hopping Irish Pub corner by night!
Sunday is a huge market day down Rue Mouffetard and makes for super people-watching - we weren't disappointed!
This woman won our "favorite character of the day" award -she is right out of "The Triplets of Bellville"!
Street music a la Paris from this lovely accordion-player.
Action-packed streets as all of Paris shops and socializes! I even found a scarf in my favorite color to wear for the remainder of our travels. Plan on seeing it in future photos!
It ended up being a perfect day to loiter as temperatures are now in the 90's - but the breeze is lovely...
I thought it would be nice to close this installment of the blog with two wonderful architectural sketches by Peter. He's in artist nirvana right now!
We will be leaving bright and early tomorrow (Monday) AM for the starting point of the bike trip in Brive. Until then, au revoir!
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