Paris Day 2

We slept in a bit today and then headed off to the Arc de Triomphe. There are 12 streets that go into the roundabout around the Arc. It is amazing! Next we headed down Champs Elysées, one of the main streets in Paris for good shopping. Once we got to the end of the street, we headed to the Orsay Museum where we saw Monet, Van Gough, Manet, Dégas, Renoir, Gaugin and Cézanne. There were some beautiful paintings in here. 

Then we headed to the Musée de l’Orangerie where we saw more Monet, Renoir, Cézanne and some Picasso. The most impressive piece was Monet’s Water Lilies. It took up two entire rooms. The canvases went along the walls and you could sit on a circular bench in the middle of the room to look at it. The only thing that would’ve improved the experience was if the bench in the middle of the room rotated around the room so you could see all of it without having to get up and go sit on the other side. Absolutely beautiful!

After the museums we went to a street market for lunch and some ice cream. By this point we were exhausted so we headed back to the hotel for a siesta. 

After some downtime we headed to Sacre Coeur, a chapel on the top of a hill with a great view of the city. For dinner, we tried kir, an aperitif that is common in France. It was yummy! Ben tried foie gras which was actually pretty good. It had the consistency of butter so he said it was like eating meat flavored butter.

I almost forgot, we got into everything for free! Since Ben has a student visa and I am under 25 with a Spanish residency card, everything was free for us. It was awesome!

Arc de Triomphe

The eternal flame.

Champs Elysées

You can drive it for 89 euros for 20 minutes.

At the Orsay Museum

One of the stops from the first metro line in Paris.

Chocolate model of Notre Dame

Sacre Couer