What is Paris without Art?

We purchased the Paris Museum Pass and visited numerous museums and art galleries. Of course we had to visit the Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay. I was amazed at the crowds in all of the galleries and museums. I had been to Paris before in the summer and the crowds weren't as large as at the end of February! One of the benefits of the Museum Pass is that it gives you priority access or allows you to book a specific entrance time.

Mona Lisa in the Louvre

We visited the Musee de l'Orangerie, an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. Above is Picasso's "Grande Nature Morte", painted in 1917.

Joe standing in front of one of a number of paintings by Monet that encircled the room. Monet wished this room to be a place of meditation.

Musee d'Orsay

Renoir's "Bal du Moulin de la Galette"

Toulouse-Lautrec

Starry Night over the Rhone by Van Gogh

Van Gogh self-portrait

The Bedroom in Arles by Van Gogh

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Finishing off France - Les Beaux Villages

We finished off the French leg of the trip by visiting a number of lovely villages in the areas of France, bordering the Mediterranean and just north of the Spanish border. Le Canal du Midi Joe beside the canal near where we spend Easter weekend. The castle at Carcassonne

Sunday: A Day of Rest

Today we took it a little easier, enjoying a wonderful buffet breakfast at our hotel before heading out to Cubbon Park which was created in 1870. In the park and surrounding it, there were a number of buildings from the colonial days, now being swallowed up by the modern city. We walked about thirty minutes from our hotel to the park (not a small feat given the traffic and lack of functioning pedestrian crossing lights) and then had a leisurely stroll through the gardens. Many Bengalureans were doing the same. We also visited an Indian crafts shop on the way to the gardens. The final photo is from our hotel room.

विश्रम् - Vishram

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