From Rome to Paris - A Spring in 2012

[rbjhan]

Day 19 started at the Panthéon.

The Foucault pendulum.




Voltaire


Marie and Pierre Curie

 

[rbjhan]

Passing Pont Alexandre III on my way to Musée Rodin.








Balzac, my favourite writer of all time.

 

[rbjhan]

Le Penseur


More Balzac!






The garden here is a great place to sit down and relax. I saw many people sitting with a book and enjoyed some quality time.

 

[LadyC]

Love the Rodin Museum - my favourite Museum in Paris.

 

[rbjhan]

Love the Rodin Museum - my favourite Museum in Paris.

My favourite is probably L'Orangerie, but Musée Rodin is a great little gem.

 

[rbjhan]

Hôtel des Invalides


Napoléon's sarcophagus.


Joseph Bonaparte's tomb


Tomb of Ferdinand Foch

 

[rbjhan]

Musée de l'Armée

 

[rbjhan]

Day 20
I had stayed in Paris for a month two years before. During that time visited both Louvre and d'Orsay multiple times....was a bit unsure whether I wanted to go again, but finally decided another visit was worth it.

Musée d'Orsay
Back then photos were not allowed (I believe it's since changed).
So only a few taken outside of the exhibitions.

 

[rbjhan]

Musée du Louvre

As crowded as it might be, this is still the best museum in Paris, IMHO.
The key is to avoid the obvious traps, ie don't go in via the pyramid (personally I prefer the Porte des Lions and the Carrousel entrance), avoid level 1 of Denon Wing (La Jaconde, Victoire de Samothrace...)



Spent most of the time at Richelieu Wing.


The Rubens room is my favourite! (Okay technically the name is Gallerie Médicis)


French sculptures on level 1 of Richelieu Wing.




The man himself.

 

[rbjhan]

Moved to Denon Wing as there were a few paintings I wanted to see.

Titian - Man with a glove


Raphael, St George fighting the dragon


St John the baptist, no one was here! Everybody wants to see Mona Lisa but most don't seem to know there are other works by the great man....

 

[rbjhan]

Got back to hotel, seeing it was still daylight, I decided to go to the Promenade Plantée for a stroll.
* it is an elevated park built on top of obsolete railway viaduct from Opéra Bastille all the way to the Périphérique near Bois de Vincennes.

 

[rbjhan]

Back to Léon de Bruxelles


And that, was my last supper in Paris

 

[rbjhan]

I don't remember much about the return journey. Other than that it was a complete nightmare
CDG Terminal 2 was a horror show, I couldn't sleep on the Paris - HK leg as it was afternoon Paris time.

Landed in HKG Sunday morning, I was exhausted. Then promptly slept the whole way HKG - MEL, on a daytime flight! Of course Sunday night at home couldn't sleep again.
Monday went back to work, role playing "the walking zombie in office"....

Jet lag is a cough. That's probably why I didn't go to Europe again until last year
But I have fond memories of this trip...writing this TR makes me want to go to Paris again,
Let's hope we will soon be able to do that!

The End.

 

[VPS]

Thanks so much for the TR. You take great photos and write good TR. Hopefully we will see a new one in the future (but I suspect it will be a while in the future)

 

[craven morehead]

Excellent and thanks again

 

[rbjhan]

Thanks so much for the TR. You take great photos and write good TR. Hopefully we will see a new one in the future (but I suspect it will be a while in the future)

Thanks!
It's always great to see such positive feedback

I'm not holding my breath for the November trip, probably won't be able to go overseas till some time 2021?

As for TRs, well, anyone want to read about my very first trip to Japan? When I knew nothing and fell in love?

 

[VPS]

Thanks!
It's always great to see such positive feedback

I'm not holding my breath for the November trip, probably won't be able to go overseas till some time 2021?

As for TRs, well, anyone want to read about my very first trip to Japan? When I knew nothing and fell in love?

but of course (and did you fall in love with the place or a person )

 

[rbjhan]

but of course (and did you fall in love with the place or a person )

The country!

Okay go searching some old hard drives....

 

[OZDUCK]

Thanks for the TR. Your photos are very clear and well composed. You bought back some very nice memories of Paris etc.

 

[rbjhan]

Thanks for the TR. Your photos are very clear and well composed. You bought back some very nice memories of Paris etc.

Thank you! I have enjoyed writing this TR