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Travel Blogs from Orgeval
Our adventures with the pui de dome (Nicky)
... have wait an hour to get the next. So we began walking. But no sooner had we left we saw a different path that was going downhill faster. We decided to take it and you can guess what happened. By the time we got back it was an hour and a half after we had left. We cold have got there quicker if we waited for the ...
Celebrating the human form.
... veggies. Refueled we are ready to tackle the Musee d'Orsay. As we approach we find the queues stretch for miles. One of my guide books says march to the front of the shortest queue and flash your pass, we are funneled into a short and speedy queue. How easy to get stuck in a long queue and think that is what we have to expect. This sets the tone for us, every museum we jump ahead of so many who patiently wait to buy individual tickets or don't understand the bonus of ...
A city growing lighter
... very high roof and plenty of natural light. Van goh, Monet, Manet, Sicily, Dagas, Rodin, how could it not be breath taking?
The other gallery that I enjoyed was the Centre Pompidou, which holds a lot of contemporary works. There was a temporary exhibition on dance. Loved it, loved it, loved it. It demonstrated the relationship between art and dance, painting inspired by performers, dance inspired by art styles, it was very interesting and beautiful ...
From Paris with Love
... part of the city in her scooter that I hadn’t yet explored, and at night having some of her friends over and staying up until around 5 having some drinks. It was hard for me to communicate in many instances but slowly I would pick up parts of the conversation and get the jist of the conversation, or we would speak in English slowly. One of Aurelie’s friends and coworker was Spike, a black 46 year old journalist ...
Paris, je t'aime
... and perfect timing during Mass. The singing was beautiful and added to the tranquil surroundings. We discussed the idea that "Paris is the Eiffel Tower" and whether or not that is true. We stayed on the Ile de la Cite and visited Sainte Chapelle next-the windows were exquisite! After that we had the afternoon free and continued to explore the city. Six of us walked down the Seine and found a place for lunch where we got croque monsieurs- yummy! Then four of us ...