Paris: Petit Palais

Petit Palais is a museum right off the street from Champs-Elysees, close to Place de la Concorde.

Grand Palais across the street from Petit Palais

Interior Garden of the Palace

Mom & Dad outside Petit Palais

The palace contained beautiful works of art. The above piece is of the French Revolution and is set at Republique.

And it had beautiful interiors!

One intriguing painting: The Good Samaritan

Mom resting outside the palace after a super long day of sightseeing! On this particular day, we visited the Eiffel Tower, Rue Cler, Invalides, Musee Rodin, Champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, & Petit Palais. Whoah! And here's a Eurocheapo tip: if you want to make a budget stop on Champ-Elysees, Quick Burger has alfresco dining - completed by tables with umbrellas. And how can you beat a chocolate milk shake for one euro on a hot summer day?

Healthcare

I wonder how many people, including politicians, have actually read this bill.

Paris: Musee Rodin

Musee Rodin is the former estate of Auguste Rodin, a famous French sculptor who is also considered the progenitor of modern sculpture. The museum contains many works by Rodin but also by others such as Van Gogh and Renoir.

The gardens at the estate are gorgeous!

Mom enjoying the splendid gardens.

Dad with the Thinker.

Gates of Hell

Why people take pictures of themselves smiling in front of the Gates of Hell, I will never know.

We did not.

(Crazies.)

However, we did enjoy Rodin's magnificent accomplishments.

There was lots of amazing sculptures by Rodin both inside the house and out in the gardens. Here are just a few that are inside the home.

The Thinker!

Rodin's Home

Walking Rodin's Estate

Relaxing in the gardens after taking it all in!

What I'm Reading

Highlights from Paris

Pantheon & Parisian Streets

Hanging in Montmatre

Gardens by Invalides

Busy Montmatre

The Seine & Notre Dame

(Like I even needed to tell you)

On the Seine

First Parisian Cafe

Shrimp Roll at Saigon on the Seine - a great little Vietnamese Restaurant by our Flat

Are we in Paris together???

Yes we are!!!

Dining Al Fresco with Fantastic Musicians Playing Classical Guitar (Divine!)

Mom enjoying the beautiful roses!

The Opera House

The Pantheon

'Yes, I don't like to live here,' she said, more to herself than me. Then she turned toward me: 'But if I have learned anything from life, it's that since I don't belong anywhere, only the movement matters. Traveling, being able to travel, this is why I escaped, and what I enjoy more than anything in the world is the fact that nobody is stopping me.'

- Former East Berliner in How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic

The Bourne Trilogy Has Schooled Me in the Important Euroepan Sites

Potsdamer Platz: I wouldn't know I'm supposed to care about this place in Berlin unless it was for the Bourne movies.

I'm so thankful.

Can you tell?

Metro at Potsdamer - an interesting sign unlike any I've seen elsewhere in Europe

More of Potsdamer Platz -the new downtown of Berlin

Remnants of World War II

Berlin Wall