Day One- Musee D'Orsay

Disclaimer- This trip was pre-masks in February of 2020.

When we fly overnight, we always crash at the hotel for a few hours before getting up to explore the city. The excitement of being in Paris will get us out of bed when the alarm goes off, even if we are exhausted. That's what those two sleeping beauties above are doing.  I love them.

Then we were off to our favorite museum, Musee D'Orsay.  I would much rather go here than to La Louvre.  Although, after being stuck in Kentucky for a year I wouldn't even mind standing in line to see the crummy Mona Lisa!  Anyway, the Orsay has all my favorites.  Monet.  Manet.  Van Gogh.  Degas.  Renoir. Cezanne.  I love them all!

At art museums, I always ask the kids to pick a painting they love, or find interesting, and then I take their picture so they will remember it.  Anne found this gigantic painting.  Ryan found the Monet he had studied and painted at school.  I found donuts in the Museum Cafe.  

The Romans in Their Decadence by Thomas Couture. Anne was shocked at its size. It is 15' x 25'

Serious art, serious face.

When in France...

One thing Rob remembers from his childhood in Germany is roasted chestnuts. We were so happy to find a vendor in front of the museum.

After the museum we found a cafe for dinner.  The weather was pretty mild, and since the kids had these parkas they didn't complain once about being cold.  

They are so funny together.

J'adore!

Silly kids, that's not how we sleep!

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