We made our way underground, and consulted the metro map to figure out where we needed to go.
It was hard for me to pass by this beautiful display of macarons!
And then we arrived at the Musee d'Orsay, almost directly across the river from the Louvre.
It used to be the central train station, and converting it into a museum saved it from demolition.
No photos allowed inside I'm afraid, so you'll just have to go and see it for yourself.
We moved on from there to cross the river again to the Louvre side. I really loved this statue
And the little peeks of the Eiffel Tower that we kept getting.
This bridge was characteristically covered in locks, and lined with artists displaying their wares.
Our next stop was the Orangerie, fairly recently renovated, and displaying very spectacularly some of Monet's waterlillies.
We had no idea that they were so enormous! I took a little video showing just how big they are.
There were also some other collections downstairs.
Tom decided he was a Picasso fan.
We then walked down a lovely little tree-lined walking avenue back towards the Louvre, where Tom found a lion statue to scratch...
It was hard not to stop to admire this view...
We had a second day pass for our hop-on-hop-off bus from the previous day, so we 'hopped on' where we'd left off, at the Louvre. Next stop, Notre Dame!
I remember when I was a little girl and first heard the store of Quasimodo the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Esmerelda, my imagination was captured. It was quite strange seeing the cathedral from the story in the flesh! See Wikipedia for the full story.
We stayed on the bus from there, taking just a few more photos of pretty buildings...
And bridges...
We passed by a whole bunch of second hand book and poster sellers along the banks of the river Seine...
And more pretty buildings...
And then we got out at the Musee d'Orsay to then walk to our next museum, the Musee Rodin, which contains the very famous statue of 'The Thinker'.
This was actually one of our favourite museums yet. The collection of statues both in the gardens and inside the Chateau are amazing.
Tom thinks he can be a 'Thinker' as well.
This is one of my favourites.
The title of this one was 'Man and his thought'.
I think this conversation went something like... "It was this big!" "You're kidding!"
Even with our hats bunched up in his jumper, Tom can't quite match this guy's belly.
Another mini Thinker.
Please pardon Tom's belly button here.
And on that beautifully poignant note, we moved on towards the Hospital Les Invalides, which houses a few more museums. More on that soon!
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