The plan was to wake up around 830am and get to d´Orsay museum my 9. In actuality, we woke up around 930 and didn´t get to the Orsay until almost 11am. But it worked to our advantage. The first round of visitors had already gone through the ticket counter and the second hadn´t arrived yet. So there were no lines, and once again we got free entrance into the museum. That´s 4 for 4 on free museum admissions (if anyone´s counting). The museum was cool. The Van Gogh and Monet paintings were awesome. I actually got to see The Self Portrait, but I´m sort of over the painting scene.
By 1pm, we were out and on to the fountain at Tuillerie Gardens, where we people watched. They were turning on the fountain for the first time since last fall, so the water was brown and the pressure was all wrong. The fountain was spraying people everywhere, which just made our experience that much better. You sort of wondered if somewhere there was a hidden camera show filming it.
We tried to get to the Picasso Museum, but after an hour walk from the Louvre, we found that the museum was under renovation until 2012. Not helpful. So instead, we just went to get ice cream and go souvenir shopping. The ice cream was amazing and I found a sick boutique that sells really crazy, random stuff.
That night we went to a small french restaurant recommended to us by a local. Sooo good. Then we tried to endulge in all our favorite french things: baguettes, croissants, crepes and cookies.
Paris in the morning!
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