Petit Palais - la cour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXR6ZloxpXtE1umUs3i-YrY7bjNUqstDr8_mJfBCd2JGuPUC_dU8Zmiv_6C8ZOZKZBDWMnZwZd80DYYDdejqSWNUcrTck__28t5XNKdmL625CTz990T3aODEzUSxt2FtiPlUOEQoQDxI/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXR6ZloxpXtE1umUs3i-YrY7bjNUqstDr8_mJfBCd2JGuPUC_dU8Zmiv_6C8ZOZKZBDWMnZwZd80DYYDdejqSWNUcrTck__28t5XNKdmL625CTz990T3aODEzUSxt2FtiPlUOEQoQDxI/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0549.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petit Palais</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Courtyard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the center of this beautiful palace is a quiet and serene courtyard with patio seating for lunch or <i>un café</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">  The museum is free and the courtyard is perfect for a rest after seeing the museum and its exquisite palace.<br /><br /><br />Do not miss Monet's  "Soleil Couchant sur la Seine à Lavacourt"<br />and Rembrandt's self-portrait painted in 1631. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><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;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en"><b>Petit Palais</b></a>, City of Paris Fine Art Museum <br />Avenue Winston Churchill <br />75008 Paris </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;"><br /></span></span></i></div><br /></div>

Petit Palais - la cour

Petit Palais The Courtyard At the center of this beautiful palace is a quiet and serene courtyard with patio seating for lunch or un café . ...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - XV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHkIKefR9IvF0u8tLI_ViFvHP_AwrH_TwAUH1EyabDb37CWu5I7tVEMf2wiEX1qdClLKMIfAXv-uZYhJ45M5sZbEyiV0Fvk00gevkoD5sTsvmgtKBVoEHikD7J6g0KDIt9qU5CmGTus/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_110DSC_4042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHkIKefR9IvF0u8tLI_ViFvHP_AwrH_TwAUH1EyabDb37CWu5I7tVEMf2wiEX1qdClLKMIfAXv-uZYhJ45M5sZbEyiV0Fvk00gevkoD5sTsvmgtKBVoEHikD7J6g0KDIt9qU5CmGTus/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_110DSC_4042.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;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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", sans-serif;">Do you think that she knows </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would love to be dipping <u>my</u> toes in the fountain </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">of this royal setting?</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;">...and the water becomes a Monet painting.</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>Jardin du Palais Royal</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></em></span></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - XV

Jardin du Palais Royal Do you think that she knows I would love to be dipping my toes in the fountain of this royal setting? ...and the wat...

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Musée Marmottan - La Cour

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWErsZ9BEwLBfqUvMm2lkpnUZcpe3GEa4rGI-26ptHPVoFT7bvW234xSgErPvlRvYoyPtuYTlgugvts6qpoYWr75kfzwkXM3gJopXTmQDKbh1Hv8b0ZqENH9N9TweXwEaMQyD4jR5isFc/s1600/2007+dec+paris+DSC_0056.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585995527825793890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWErsZ9BEwLBfqUvMm2lkpnUZcpe3GEa4rGI-26ptHPVoFT7bvW234xSgErPvlRvYoyPtuYTlgugvts6qpoYWr75kfzwkXM3gJopXTmQDKbh1Hv8b0ZqENH9N9TweXwEaMQyD4jR5isFc/s640/2007+dec+paris+DSC_0056.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Originally built as a hunting lodge at the edge of Bois de Boulogne, this museum is filled with over 300 impressionist paintings and the largest collection of Monet's works in the world. This is the cloistered courtyard and I will bring you back here again with photos and stories.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You may know of the controversy and dispute that stirred regarding the loan of Monet works from Marmottan for the Grand Palais exhibit last fall (2010). It seems that the magnificent Palais all but demanded the use of Monet paintings (all of the significant ones) which request was subsequently denied by the Marmottan. So, those who had to wait in long lines for the highly publicized exhibit might have enjoyed an afternoon at Marmottan. Tant pis pour eux...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Musée Marmottan</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2, rue Louis Boilly</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Métro La Muette</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>

Musée Marmottan - La Cour

Originally built as a hunting lodge at the edge of Bois de Boulogne, this museum is filled with over 300 impressionist paintings and the lar...

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