Somewhere on these pages I’m going to make a list of all the things we didn’t see in Paris. That really is…
Paris
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I had read about the area of Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville in the east end of Paris and wanted to go there.…
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But that was just the upper floor of the Orangerie. Down below, another series of elegant galleries house the Jean Walter and…
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The Orangerie is one of the jewels of Paris. It was originally built in 1852 under Napoleon III as an “orangery”, a…
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In the Tuleries gardens we found two chairs under a tree by one of the round pools. It was a postcard-perfect sunny…
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When we got to Saint-Sulpice, there was a christening taking place. This must have been one well-known and well-loved baby, because the…
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Before we’d left, my friend Dan had recommended going to Museum Maillol, which had a show featuring one of Damien Hirst’s skulls.…
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Day Two started at 8 a.m. We had both slept like angels, but now it was get up, get showered, get dressed…
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Interestingly, we didn’t look for specific Van Gogh locations in Paris as we did when we went to Arles and then Auvers-Sur-Oise.…
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Now, it was time for dessert. We walked back through the Îlle St Louis over to Îlle de la Cité, in front…