Le Weekend 6-6 & 6-7-15

Deb managed to get a little bit of a croup going and was kinda down and out for the weekend, so she stayed in and rested.  This evening she seems to be a little better and we're hoping that tomorrow will have her up and about again.  We're wondering if perhaps the change in temperature from cool to hot may have triggered something.

Anyway, since she was trying to sleep most of the day, I left for the day to visit a couple brocante/vide greniers sales and to purchase our annual pass to the Musee D'Orsay.  It's the museum that displays the large proportion of the mid-19th into the mid 20th century of French artwork, i.e. the impressionist and post-impressionist collection.   We made a visit with our niece, Elizabeth, and realized that we will be going back with other visitors so the annual pass makes sense.   So I got out and haunted the 3 sales in our neighborhood for a couple hours, and made a little purchase which I then took back to the apartment to amuse Deb.   After that I headed down to the museum and got there about 5 minutes too late to be able to buy them as they closed the ticket office.

So I headed up into the 8th arr. to find a store that originally sold the steak knives I bought earlier, but no luck they were no longer in business.  So I headed back to the apartment where in the evening we watched Barcelona, Debs favorite soccer team, beat Juventus in the European Championship match.

Sunday was a sort of a replay of Saturday, except I bought nothing, but I did make it to the Musee D'Orsay to get the annual pass and spent an hour at the museum.  Ironically, it's a free day meaning that my pass is not needed to get in, c'est la vie.  Very busy with lots of people visiting and enjoying the artworks.   After the visit I walked back to the bus stop along the Seine, with the nice weather it is just packed with people out taking advantage of the sun along the river.  Then I headed back to the apartment for a quiet evening.