Paris and Northern France in 11 days
* Musée Carnavalet
* Cluny, Museum of Medieval Time
* Petit Palais
* Musée Jacquemart André
* Musée Marmottan Monet
* Reunion, 2014 trips
Musée Carnavalet
It has ample exhibit of people and objects related to The French Revolution. Pictures used in the Marat.MOV were taken here. Admission free.
Cluny, Museum of Medieval Time
The museum is close to the Pantheon. It houses interesting items.
Attraction. The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries.
Five tapestries represent five senses: seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling. This is the enigmatic 6th tapestry. So what is it?
This is Cernunnos, horned Celtic god
(Stag Lord).
It is supposedly the oldest man-made object in Paris.
These were found at a construction site in 1977.
During the Reign of Terror, Parisians sacked the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris. They thought these were French Kings. Nope, Kings of Judah.
Petit Palais
But it is big. It shows many works of the Impressionists and the Art deco.
Musée Jacquemart André
It is a private and quaint museum. It has a beautiful rearoom.
Have your coffee break here.
Surprises: two great Italian paiters,
Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510) and Paolo Uccello (1397-1475)
Musée Marmottan Monet
The famous painting by Monet called Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), 1872, is kept in the basement. Critics ridiculed Monet by calling him Impressionist.
Have some fun?
Try two quizzes.
Quizzes.MOV
You will see why Virginie is an official Rick Steves Tour guide.
Virginie.MOV
* from Place de la Concorde to Champs-Élyées: Now
The boulevard is full of fancy stores. €85,000 Omegas and €1,000 dresses are bargains. At the Louis-Vuitton store there were no price tags on leather bags.
Mas told Susan, “Should be 100 bucks, it’s just a leather bag.”
She rolled her eyes.
We had fun making captions to the scenes of Champs-Élyées.
The French tradition continues …
Be careful shoppers! You may lose your shirt besides heads!
The Concorde Chopping Mall thrives ...
