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| Linda and Debbie on the streets of Paris |
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| Piano for sale at an antique mall near the Louvre |
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| Musee Cognacq-Jay in the Marais |
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| Top floor of the Musee Cognacq-Jay, 17th C timbers |
Okay, so we are so behind. Last Thursday, Linda and Debbie walked to the Louvre to spend 4 hours visiting the highlights such as the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Michelangelo, Napoleon III apartments as well as enjoying the vast building that was once the Royal Palace before Versailles was transformed into a chateau from it's humble beginnings as a hunting lodge. Good thing no one is grading this post as I think that was way too many words for one sentence. After the Louvre, they walked to the Arc de Triomphe for the views and then walked the Champs-Elysees. Meanwhile, I visited the Musee Cognacq-Jay in The Marais, near our apartment. It is housed in a 17th C mansion and contains many fine decorative arts from the same time period. Admission is free and there were guards in each room. There were two Elizabeth Vigee Lebrun paintings (royal portrait artist to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette), and there was one Rembrandt. In the attic of the mansion, the 400 year old wooden beams were exposed so one could appreciate the construction of the building. Next, I visited the Enfants Rouges, the oldest covered market site in Paris, established in 1628. Checked out where Brianna and her friend Alex had stayed several weeks ago and the apartment building where some friends from Portland had lived 20+ years ago. Can't recall what else we did, so that will be that for last Thursday. We are enjoying a cheese from Burgundy that is probably a triple creme, rolled into a ball and then covered with golden and dark raisins that have been soaked in brandy, I think it is. It is quite nice and the three of us have looked into how we might be able to order some once we get back to Portland. Yes, we are addicted!
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