Musée Jacquemart André

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10193506154/" title="2011 1109 day 6 DSC_0115 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 1109 day 6 DSC_0115" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/10193506154_64060975d2_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Musée Jacquemart André</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lunch with friends amid the art, style, and architecture of Paris at </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Musée Jacquemart André</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh, and do not forget </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Veuve Clicquot</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée Jacquemart André - Salon de thé</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>158, boulevard Haussmann</i><br /><i>75008, Paris</i></span></i>

Musée Jacquemart André

Musée Jacquemart André Lunch with friends amid the art, style, and architecture of Paris at Musée Jacquemart André Oh, and do not forget  th...

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Louvre -- Le Carrousel du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWCWDoGBdCoTc3FM04D38uY13vY0qwgHA6b5wgSIjE93ISCbAuXeompyWRs9CRHOv6kxCHJmsI5q_4C8DQyw9cNqqzgt7N2luHLqzeBltGfG2xaHO5XnljA_KuUOA9_sBehJSTXKyNFE/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_007DSC_4955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWCWDoGBdCoTc3FM04D38uY13vY0qwgHA6b5wgSIjE93ISCbAuXeompyWRs9CRHOv6kxCHJmsI5q_4C8DQyw9cNqqzgt7N2luHLqzeBltGfG2xaHO5XnljA_KuUOA9_sBehJSTXKyNFE/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_007DSC_4955.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Carrousel du Louvre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What looks to be a fashionable mall is a corridor to the least-crowded entrance into the Louvre.  You can buy tickets at the Tabac on the lower level and quickly enter - no lines and no waiting!  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To get there take Metro Line 1 and exit at the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Royal--Musee du Louvre station, and never leave the covered area going from one underground area to the next.  Just follow the signs to Carrousel du Louvre.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the distance you can see the Pyramid</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Carrousel du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">99, rue du Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Louvre -- Le Carrousel du Louvre

Le Carrousel du Louvre What looks to be a fashionable mall is a corridor to the least-crowded entrance into the Louvre.  You can buy tickets...

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Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9348844970/" title="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/9348844970_02790fa356_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Escalier du Ministre </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this staircase, Escalier du Ministre, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">led up to the private apartments of the Minister of State.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you visit this area of the museum, you can walk up these steps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as the royal visitors once did, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and amble through the apartments of Napoleon III.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is interesting to discover the many elegant designs </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of the Louvre staircases.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

Escalier du Ministre  in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details,  and this staircase, ...

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Musée du Louvre - Mercure et son ombre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTLtnGU_mNyrEf3pBfPdZI_7o6s8BlZ1qapQAjwPZDSwdfr6mnHLikYlplIgGXwf8NSsEWs-ewex5W9q9BGUZbOZp5twPbVe4W2e8trkq_oj6Eetd-pF9GhwzIrCGI4fBU1taQsL7uj0/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_142DSC_5090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTLtnGU_mNyrEf3pBfPdZI_7o6s8BlZ1qapQAjwPZDSwdfr6mnHLikYlplIgGXwf8NSsEWs-ewex5W9q9BGUZbOZp5twPbVe4W2e8trkq_oj6Eetd-pF9GhwzIrCGI4fBU1taQsL7uj0/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_142DSC_5090.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mercury </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This bronze of Mercury is seen in an arabesque pose, balanced it would appear, on the head of Zephyr.  He is poised on a gust of air coming from the mouth of this god of the east wind.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My search of the internet has not told me for certain the name of the sculptor... any help?  There is one by Giambologna, a Flemish artist, but that bronze is in Florence at the National Museum of the Bargello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mercury in this pose of flight is recognized often as the emblem of FTD Florist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre - Mercure et son ombre

Mercury  This bronze of Mercury is seen in an arabesque pose, balanced it would appear, on the head of Zephyr.  He is poised on a gust of ai...

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Musée de l'Armée

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuz34R6QRzC-QC4VqKgmdqKc44ANMlzzrShnZ0bBLWgUZd-J7FQfFPGuAA9AEYOM_8cAOhEF4MqgYvL2Vg9A4QifVHr9WocaALJBRBNjlGiM8BHRzLFuYgnFn6lIkzJiA6Et8Qy4C72k/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_39DSC_9371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZxrYRdEAaTt6_v6rUnpzzzQaK_Y-5EvMnlzRBqCuQRiTpZSIOVy37Fgjtj9a-QDR-5sWTW3xaCrS0D33rXDxyetnLZwh-sDGDwwMLMK8nJMUEvOWFthNV_Y7AR8Stxz_l9JGnw2j79M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZxrYRdEAaTt6_v6rUnpzzzQaK_Y-5EvMnlzRBqCuQRiTpZSIOVy37Fgjtj9a-QDR-5sWTW3xaCrS0D33rXDxyetnLZwh-sDGDwwMLMK8nJMUEvOWFthNV_Y7AR8Stxz_l9JGnw2j79M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Musée de l'Armée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In my trips to Paris I had prowled the grounds of Les Invalides but had never explored this national military museum of France.  It was originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV.  The museum holds 500,000 artifacts and includes weapons, armor, artillery, uniforms, emblems and paintings. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The permanent collections are organized chronologically giving a historic tour from antiquity through the end of World War II.  There is considerable focus on Napoleon with less on the role of France during the last world war.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The display of weapons and uniforms over the centuries is fascinating. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée de l'Armée</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">129, rue de Grenelle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Varenne ou École Militaire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée de l'Armée

Musée de l'Armée In my trips to Paris I had prowled the grounds of Les Invalides but had never explored this national military museum of...

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Musée du Louvre - "Enfant jouant avec une tortue"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIMo2hcKH_xhrCba6bYg0Z2bD7_865q1tnf_rDmOIkY9ysj5sLJ36T2BBKuEiRsNceHh_brgQXQmBz1Q3rg3iubvcM7HrnBL9jyTm68vIX2f-EMvrVg69ea_6yn6euYMXp7ENhJ3h2DU/s1600/2012+Mar+29_5175DSC_5170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIMo2hcKH_xhrCba6bYg0Z2bD7_865q1tnf_rDmOIkY9ysj5sLJ36T2BBKuEiRsNceHh_brgQXQmBz1Q3rg3iubvcM7HrnBL9jyTm68vIX2f-EMvrVg69ea_6yn6euYMXp7ENhJ3h2DU/s640/2012+Mar+29_5175DSC_5170.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Enfant jouant avec une tortue"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pierre Hébert (1849)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This charming sculpture was found in a quiet corner of an upper floor.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although the Louvre is massive, there is no need to see it all at once.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Be selective and truly absorb the details.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>1er étage - Richelieu</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Musée du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Musée du Louvre - "Enfant jouant avec une tortue"

"Enfant jouant avec une tortue" Pierre Hébert (1849) This charming sculpture was found in a quiet corner of an upper floor.  Altho...

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Dragon in the Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3l2fPqym3NrhQZFiVA_bI51h3pTRJHlh6wIlGDtF7UnDl7uN7ZV3bAUl0voXui3MXmrySpvEbqAL_D4JBs2qegaSG9d99kTOuR27QJvapZyB35mwhsbsYXP10udfMDIt9oIb7JzcxjI/s1600/2012+Louvre+-+March+ipad+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3l2fPqym3NrhQZFiVA_bI51h3pTRJHlh6wIlGDtF7UnDl7uN7ZV3bAUl0voXui3MXmrySpvEbqAL_D4JBs2qegaSG9d99kTOuR27QJvapZyB35mwhsbsYXP10udfMDIt9oIb7JzcxjI/s640/2012+Louvre+-+March+ipad+photo.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I almost missed this cranky dragon, but after shooting the elegant staircase, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I turned and saw him just this close.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would say that he got up on the wrong side of the bed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am going to add him to my Louvre scavenger hunt list.  Do you want to play?</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Louvre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

Dragon in the Louvre

I almost missed this cranky dragon, but after shooting the elegant staircase, I turned and saw him just this close.  I would say that he got...

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Musée Rodin - Hôtel Biron III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigItkmO-N-rCmRD8HaZkg88zRZaCU3Q-Wffip8oBZBF-P2xOhtah_dMgXFLLsk2K47PGuJCtsdbrvZZjrE9vX_SyA4EST2QWM4Ku0G53VVLSpeaa1PPISVhpOiQRhBGfve3v5M6BWlK9M/s1600/2011+april+day+2+DSC_0567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigItkmO-N-rCmRD8HaZkg88zRZaCU3Q-Wffip8oBZBF-P2xOhtah_dMgXFLLsk2K47PGuJCtsdbrvZZjrE9vX_SyA4EST2QWM4Ku0G53VVLSpeaa1PPISVhpOiQRhBGfve3v5M6BWlK9M/s640/2011+april+day+2+DSC_0567.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Every room in Hôtel Biron has an enchanting view.  With the renovations and the reopening of the East wing of the museum, the rooms will take on a fresh sparkle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Musée Rodin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>79, rue de Varenne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Varenne</em></span></div>

Musée Rodin - Hôtel Biron III

Every room in Hôtel Biron has an enchanting view.  With the renovations and the reopening of the East wing of the museum, the rooms will tak...

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Café Jacquemart-André

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCZLjppPpm0sE05dt1mOcuTRZHvrsodFAV9nPr5p1lwdwBxhwROVr0TsBkUgO8cygV0GHQefZv-Yz0oNlNt0jm1jzk95OAk2-fdpBAieubQa0CBj79TOAmxgr3trsLTrj4HeRviNIWkE/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCZLjppPpm0sE05dt1mOcuTRZHvrsodFAV9nPr5p1lwdwBxhwROVr0TsBkUgO8cygV0GHQefZv-Yz0oNlNt0jm1jzk95OAk2-fdpBAieubQa0CBj79TOAmxgr3trsLTrj4HeRviNIWkE/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0117.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This stunning tea room is situated in the <a href="http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/preparing-your-visit/restaurant-le-cafe-jacquemart-andre" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">Musée Jacquemart-André</span></strong></a>, a private mansion completed in 1875 to house the fine works of art collected by Edouard André and his wife Nélie Jacquemart.  After his death she bequeathed the mansion and its collections to the Institut de France as a museum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The room seen here was the mansion's dining room.  It was a delightful déjeuner, a royal treat, with Peter (Peter's Paris), Mary G, and her friend Pat from the US.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>158, boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span>

Café Jacquemart-André

This stunning tea room is situated in the Musée Jacquemart-André , a private mansion completed in 1875 to house the fine works of art collec...

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La Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYmqiJHJ3Z_0g6Whd-G_i3OVb5DzFWAABHEx16-a6s0xVSC1aZba79WsnqD_rPWbfn7D1EvTS0B5fb7TcwIqsa4xpERdc6ZtLyyMPsyxnVkh_79gyYdmlhTLOFzHq2hdlRrd4L4ngM1g/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYmqiJHJ3Z_0g6Whd-G_i3OVb5DzFWAABHEx16-a6s0xVSC1aZba79WsnqD_rPWbfn7D1EvTS0B5fb7TcwIqsa4xpERdc6ZtLyyMPsyxnVkh_79gyYdmlhTLOFzHq2hdlRrd4L4ngM1g/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0483.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A room with a view</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel

A room with a view

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Musée Rodin - at last!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJrIrwCbWj8ilE3iIgB7_x9IO6xmbVjyLhcnRXW1JhmSj-IxwPXoabj39ycD5io_fRPn5gp-O8slQlkfQI-BnsFCm_xxDzbgTu3zJgRxWziSQyHqLh4lt6ELHjQnQDW7mUOeq8bm2QY4/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0588.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605662515360493506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJrIrwCbWj8ilE3iIgB7_x9IO6xmbVjyLhcnRXW1JhmSj-IxwPXoabj39ycD5io_fRPn5gp-O8slQlkfQI-BnsFCm_xxDzbgTu3zJgRxWziSQyHqLh4lt6ELHjQnQDW7mUOeq8bm2QY4/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0588.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />I have been to the door of Musée Rodin too many times to count. And why did Holly and I not ever pass through that portal? We were too late, or there was a grève and it was closed, or it was pouring rain and the garden was closed, or the line was too long, or.... It was something that we laughed over as we continued to put this museum on our list, wondering would we ever get in.<br /><br />Last month Marie and I went and spent a long time admiring the art, the sculptures, the house, the gardens, and the feel of this museum... It was worth the wait. I will go back with Holly on our next trip as the spell has been broken.<br /><br />Musée Rodin<br />79, rue de Varenne

Musée Rodin - at last!

I have been to the door of Musée Rodin too many times to count. And why did Holly and I not ever pass through that portal? We were too late,...

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