This past weekend, Roman, a big fan of this blog, came to visit me! It rained all weekend, but that didn't stop us from having a good time going around Paris. It was quite pretty walking through the city and gardens in the rain.
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| Le jardin des Tuileries |
Before going to the Musee de l'Orangerie, we walked through the Tuileries and picked up some gelato to eat while waiting in line for the museum.
After the museum we ventured along the street toward Notre Dame and made a quick stop at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore.
We ventured further into the Latin quarter and found a cute restaurant for dinner. And afterwards, we grabbed a nutella and strawberry crepe and caught the end of the Brazil v. Chile football match along the street.
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The following day, we visited the Musée d'Orsay, which is one of my favorite museums!! You may be able to tell why... For starters, just look at the building it's in! It was an old train station, Gare d'Orsay, built between 1898 and 1900. But by WWII in1939, the station started being used as a mailing service centre. A few decades later in 1970, The Minister of Cultural Affairs, proposed to have the building demolished and replaced with a hotel. It was declared a historic monument in 1978, in an act to stop its planned demolition. Then, in 1986, it was transformed and re-opened as a museum!
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| Roman and I in front of the musée, by the Seine |
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