Today dawned cloudy and grey but by the finish of breakfast it was raining. Based on the forecast yesterday we decided we would go to a couple museums, Arts & Metier and the Musee de la Chasse (hunting museum) so we took the bus down to Arts & Metier to begin our day.
Pat was immediately taken by some of the first things we looked at, like the 1986 Formula 1 grand prix car driven by Alain Proust. In the same large room is also the Bleriot Flyer, the first plane to fly across the English Channel and Foucault's Pendulum, he was hooked! We went through this room, which is located in what was the 14th century church of St Martin des Champs, looking at all the displays of old cars, steam engines, and rocket engines before setting off into displays of models of historic conveyances of all sorts. They have models of ships, trains, carriages, balloons, etc. in this hall and everyone of them is beautiful, and we drooled over them before heading into the attached restaurant for lunch.
After lunch we went up to the top floor and walked through the exhibits charting the progress of science through French history. There are telescopes, devices for measurement of length, weight, volume, time, luminosity, explosive force, barometric pressure, temperature, all endeavors of in a scientific vein. We had a wonderful time going through and laughing at how Deb's father would have gone in to this museum and we would have only gotten him out with a crowbar. He would have been able to explain probably 90% of the exhibits that are here, in detail.
Pat and Deb and I finally got through the museum late in the day and the Musee de la Chasse will have to wait for another day. We walked from Arts & Metier down past the Pompidou Center and had a quick tour of the Eglise St. Merry right next door. Then a short walk down past the Hotel de Ville to the Seine where we chatted a bit about this area of Paris and then on to the bus for the trip back to the apartment.
Pat spent part of the evening helping Deb to get her new laptop setup, since the laptop she brought over is on the fritz and the "a" and "1" keys no longer work.
Pat was immediately taken by some of the first things we looked at, like the 1986 Formula 1 grand prix car driven by Alain Proust. In the same large room is also the Bleriot Flyer, the first plane to fly across the English Channel and Foucault's Pendulum, he was hooked! We went through this room, which is located in what was the 14th century church of St Martin des Champs, looking at all the displays of old cars, steam engines, and rocket engines before setting off into displays of models of historic conveyances of all sorts. They have models of ships, trains, carriages, balloons, etc. in this hall and everyone of them is beautiful, and we drooled over them before heading into the attached restaurant for lunch.
After lunch we went up to the top floor and walked through the exhibits charting the progress of science through French history. There are telescopes, devices for measurement of length, weight, volume, time, luminosity, explosive force, barometric pressure, temperature, all endeavors of in a scientific vein. We had a wonderful time going through and laughing at how Deb's father would have gone in to this museum and we would have only gotten him out with a crowbar. He would have been able to explain probably 90% of the exhibits that are here, in detail. 
Pat and Deb and I finally got through the museum late in the day and the Musee de la Chasse will have to wait for another day. We walked from Arts & Metier down past the Pompidou Center and had a quick tour of the Eglise St. Merry right next door. Then a short walk down past the Hotel de Ville to the Seine where we chatted a bit about this area of Paris and then on to the bus for the trip back to the apartment.
Pat spent part of the evening helping Deb to get her new laptop setup, since the laptop she brought over is on the fritz and the "a" and "1" keys no longer work.
It's not like you need those keys for anything. Sheesh.
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