Tuesday 11 Sept 2018 Azay to Paris

Indre River through Azay

We took the TGV to Paris with Peter and Barbara and said goodbye at the station. We went on to our hotel for two nights, the Hotel Cluny Square near the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank – very near where we stayed the last time in Paris. It was short-sleeve weather hot. The last time we were here in mid-September we had to wear a fleece vest under a windbreaker.

Our little street scene

We had enough time before dinner to do a walk and visit the Pantheon and Luxenberg Gardens. Outside the Pantheon was a very moving display following a young French Jewish girl through her harrowing experience as a prisoner during WWII. Luxenberg Gardens on a Tuesday afternoon was busy with joggers and walkers – when do the French actually work?

Pantheon

Wednesday 12 Sept 2018 – Paris

Place de la Concord near l'Orangerie

Our 5^th anniversary today! We celebrated by visiting the Muse de l’Orangerie – an impressionist art museum. The museum was modified extensively to house one of Claud Monet’s final masterpieces – two elliptical rooms with 2-meter-high panoramic paintings of his beloved Giverny gardens, meant to be a calming place to visit following WWI. Other impressionists were displayed in standard gallery fashion. All were a collection by early 1900’s dealer and patron Paul Guillaume. 

For our anniversary we took an early evening Seine dinner cruise with Bateaux Parisien. Great meal and sights from a different perspective. We walked the three miles back to our hotel to work it off.

Last day in Europe. Home tomorrow.

City of lights