We went to the Orangerie Museum-- it was very small and just okay. It contains HUGE works of Monet's art.
Next we went to the Orsay Museum, which I was really looking forward to; however, they had re-arranged stuff, so we couldn't follow Rick's audiotour or book notes. We toured the entire museum, but I hadn't found like 80% of the famous pieces that were supposed to be there....so I stopped to ask a worker where these paintings are and every single one is currently out on loan for an exhibit in tokyo or somewhere. So, in my opinion, we saw a bunch of junk instead of seeing Whistler's Mother, some famous Van Gogh's, famous Degas, etc.
We grabbed lunch from across the street and the food was just okay and our waiter rude. He said they didn't have any tap water, only some bottled water for 6 euro...but then brings the table next to us a glass of tap water to put their ice cream spoon in!
Next was Rodin's museum. This was decent cause was outdoors and the day was beautiful and we just browsed his sculptures. Most famous is the thinker.
Next was Napoleon's Tomb and the Army Museum, thank goodness we didn't have much time left so Dustin had to move fast. I did a lot of sitting during this portion!
We came back to the hotel to change clothes and head to this area called Marais which I really wanted to check out-- it was described as SoHo...more trendy boutiques and restaurants. We went in St. Paul church since we walked right past it, then went to St. Catherine Square and ate at Le Marche, which was EXCELLENT (and recommended by Rick)! I ordered some vegetable soup and came out looking disgusting, but was FANTASTIC!
