Monday, October 13, 2014

Random Saturday pics

On Mark's last day, we visited the Museum Jacquarte Andre which was the home of a wealthy couple from the turn of the 20th century.  They were extravagant art collectors and world travelers so it was fun to see how they lived.




Their house was specially built to display their art which included entire frescos taken off of Italian villas and shipped piece by piece.  They also had a relationship with the Louvre and occasionally bought art that the Louvre couldn't afford but that would be saved for the future of France in their collection. 

After that, we wandered a bit.  Here is an example of Paris that will stick with me.  Take your kid to the grassless park and pay for the swings.  It seems this may be where socialism actually went to die.

 
I'd been walking by these odd green boxes all along the Seine for a week or so when suddenly, on the weekend, they opened to reveal their contents. Books, paintings, posters and odd souvenirs.
 
 
There are a ton a fountains around the city.


For dinner, we ended up at a sidewalk café in the Latin Quarter and had a 'menu' deal with appetizer, entrée and desert for 12EUROs which was a very good deal.  Excellent onion soup! 

While we were eating, a van pulls up across the way and guys start running around with loaves of bread.  It went on for a good 30 minutes as they delivered all over the area.  We decided not to think about how many hands may have touched our bread before it reached our table.



Mark's gone now and Sharon will be arriving this afternoon.  It will be good to see her.

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