Hotel Bonne Nouvelle Paris

We are here... I find that the older I get the harder these long flights are. I still have a horrid time trying to sleep on the plane. Cory always sleeps like a baby. We checked into our Hotel, Hotel Bonne Nouvelle. Our hotel is located very near the Metro stop in the second arrondissement near the opera. It is an interesting room. Of course like most rooms in large cities, it is pretty small. The door is padded to keep out the noise of the city. We have the most adorable bath tub. It looks l...

I have loved the sculpture of Rodin for as long as I can remember. My first trip to Paris I didn't have enough time to visit the Rodin museum. Musee Rodin is situated in the rococo mansion that was built in 1730. Rodin lived here from 1908 to his death in 1917. It is hard to choose a favorite from "The Kiss" to "The Gates of Hell" every sculpture is a masterpiece but there is something about Burghers of Calais that touches me. Maybe it is the history behind it. Men that were willing to give ...

Cory absolutely loves Picasso. He isn't one of my favorites but the Musee Picasso is a must see stop for artists in Paris. His story is an interesting one with the story of his wife and mistress, two totally opposite woman who are portrayed in many of his paintings. When Picasso died in 1973 his family paid the inheritance tax in artwork and that led to this museum in the Hotel Sale' Cory enjoyed rambling from one room to the next watching Picasso's progression. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTspi...

Normally I wouldn't even think of visiting Disney on my vacation but Cory has insisted. We both work at Disney in Orlando so it will be interesting to compare the two. Today we took the metro out to Disneyland Paris. I screwed up and purchased the wrong kind of ticket so we had to pay a supplement once we arrived so that we could get off of the train and through the turnstiles. We are using our employee pass to get into the park. I am glad that it is valid and that we don't have to pay admiss...

After a fantastic night of catch up sleep we are ready to attack Paris full force. Where is the first place that two artist go when in Paris???? The Louvre. It is easiest to enter the Louvre through the metro entrance but I wanted Cory to have the full experience. We entered through the Pyramid created by I.M. Pei. I had bought a La Carte Musées et Monuments card at the Arch De Triomphe yesterday. This card entitles you to free admission to 63 museums and monuments in Paris and the surroundi...