The Musee d’Orsay, Art Nouveau and the Ballet

Breakfast: Pan au chocolate and quiche with salmon and broccoli.  Must try to make this.

Activity 1: Gallery Lafayette to browse shoes.  Nothing found under 150 euro, not worth it.

Activity 2: Spent 3 hours in the Musée d’Orsay.  Definitely my favorite all-around museum.  I could spend a week there. In the train painting by Monet, the train station used to delay trains so he could finish his sketches and paintings. Some pieces I liked in particular:

Henri Edmond Cross - Les Isles dOr - The Golden Isles

Henri Edmond Cross - Les Isles d'Or - The Golden Isles

Monet - Le Fare Saint-Lazare

Monet - Le Fare Saint-Lazare

Hector Guimard - wild green chair - so Nouveau

Hector Guimard - wild green chair - so Nouveau

Eugene Vallin - Mobilier de Chambr

Eugene Vallin - Mobilier de Chambra

And some things from the temporary, awesome Art Nouveau exhibit:

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsay - giant fly and a green room

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsay - giant fly and a green room

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsa

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsa - Allen Jones chair

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsa - Allen Jones chair

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsa - Allen Jones table

Art Nouveau at the Musee d'Orsa - Allen Jones table

Fantastic.  Then I met a friend, walked around and had a pâté sandwich. So heavy.

Pate sandwich

Later, the Paris Ballet in its last night. Box seats. It was actually quite good. Three acts, Ruby, Diamond, and something else.  The names don’t matter.  What matters was that I actually liked it! Wow, weird. Videos! Technology, wow. Also, the ceiling was painted by Marc Chagall. Really neat.

the Opera House in Paris

The Bar in the Paris Opera House

the ceiling at the Paris Opera house painted by Chagall

The Ballet at the Paris Opera House

And after, we all watched France cheat Ireland out of a win.  Ahhh the Hand of God.