Hanging out with famous dead men (and women)
Trip Start
Jul 28, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 30, 2008
Paris,
France
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, I finally was able to go to the museum that I have been itching to go to for years- the Rodin Museum. I even got to have a picnic in his gardens in front of his monument to Victor Hugo! For those of you who don't know Rodin, he is the sculptor who did The Thinker, The Kiss, and the Gates of Hell, among many other brilliant works. The museum is gorgeous because most of his more famous works are actually in the gardens, surround by trees, flowers, and water. It was a lovely, peaceful setting that let you forget that you were in the middle of Paris. I spent a long time there, especially on a bench right in front of the Thinker. I thought a lot and cleared my head a bit. It was nice.
After regretfully departing from the Rodin museum, we headed to St. Germain des-pres, the oldest church in Paris. If anything, I thought that it was more beautiful than Notre Dame. It has beautifully colored fresocs covering it and is a lot more cozy than the Gothic architecture of Notre Dame
Rodin's house/museum
. The area surrounding it is also really nice with high end stores and two famous cafes- Cafe fleurs and Deux Magots. We ate at Cafe fleurs and I had the best croque-monsieur yet. yummmmmy. This morning, I decided that I like St. Germain des-Pres so much that I went there for a church service. The service was also a lot less intimidating than in Notre Dame with only 2 priests at this one instead of the 32 that I counted last week. The music was also in french instead of Latin, which made me understand the reason behind the melody.
After that, we headed to the Orangerie, which is where Monet's waterlily paintings are. I will let the pictures describe it because the only adjective that comes to mind is stunning- absolutely stunning.
Other than that, I have been doing pretty domestic things here, involving dinner, laundry and homework. I'll write when I have something exciting to post which might not be for a few days, since I am stuck in school for a good long while the next couple of days.
