Today's play was a double header, with one museum in the morning and a second museum in the afternoon (relatively speaking of course). The day was forecast for rain all day and it didn't disappoint on that issue, as it rained from about 9:30 until after 5:00. I was first out with a visit to the doctor to get my prescriptions reissued for France and then planned to meet Deb, Barb, and Pat at the bus stop next to the Pompidou Center. I called Deb and told her I was finished and she told me that they would be on the bus to meet me.
Unfortunately she got the address mixed up with my dentist and figured it would take me a long time to get to the meeting spot, so they kinda dallied around a bit and I ended up waiting at the bus stop for over an hour in the rain. But we did finally connect at which point we walked over to the Musee de la Chasse ( museum of the hunt). This museum is so interesting in that it has paintings, sculptures, guns, knives, powder horns, musket ball forms,etc all related to hunting.
They are arranged in a series of rooms dedicated to various game animals such as wild boars, deer, bear, exotics like lions, and birds of prey. There is also a variety of mounted specimens from all the continents. We had a very nice visit after which we headed out into the rain and found a pleasant Italian restaurant for a good lunch.
After lunch we walked back to the bus stop and caught two buses over to the Musee d'Orsay to visit the Impressionist exhibits. The Impressionist were a totally new experience to both Pat and Barb and it was fun to go through it with them to see the art from a different viewpoint. I think both of them were a little shocked because they have been exposed to art of a more traditional realistic type than what these artists were painting. So we went through and tried to help put the paintings into a framework that would help them begin to understand what the artists were doing. It was an interesting excursion and well worth the time.
After the museum we walked back through the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre courtyard to our bus for the trip back to our apartments.
Today's play was a double header, with one museum in the morning and a second museum in the afternoon (relatively speaking of course). The day was forecast for rain all day and it didn't disappoint on that issue, as it rained from about 9:30 until after 5:00. I was first out with a visit to the doctor to get my prescriptions reissued for France and then planned to meet Deb, Barb, and Pat at the bus stop next to the Pompidou Center. I called Deb and told her I was finished and she told me that they would be on the bus to meet me. 
Unfortunately she got the address mixed up with my dentist and figured it would take me a long time to get to the meeting spot, so they kinda dallied around a bit and I ended up waiting at the bus stop for over an hour in the rain. But we did finally connect at which point we walked over to the Musee de la Chasse ( museum of the hunt). This museum is so interesting in that it has paintings, sculptures, guns, knives, powder horns, musket ball forms,etc all related to hunting. 
They are arranged in a series of rooms dedicated to various game animals such as wild boars, deer, bear, exotics like lions, and birds of prey. There is also a variety of mounted specimens from all the continents. We had a very nice visit after which we headed out into the rain and found a pleasant Italian restaurant for a good lunch.
After lunch we walked back to the bus stop and caught two buses over to the Musee d'Orsay to visit the Impressionist exhibits. The Impressionist were a totally new experience to both Pat and Barb and it was fun to go through it with them to see the art from a different viewpoint. I think both of them were a little shocked because they have been exposed to art of a more traditional realistic type than what these artists were painting. So we went through and tried to help put the paintings into a framework that would help them begin to understand what the artists were doing. It was an interesting excursion and well worth the time. 
After the museum we walked back through the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre courtyard to our bus for the trip back to our apartments.
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