Rodin Museum and Breast of Paris

Neither of us woke up until 9 AM this morning, so I think we are officially on Paris time.   After a breakfast of more pastries and espresso, Dan and I planned a day of museums.   I think we walked more today than yesterday even though the Metro gets us fairly close to where we want to be.

The weather felt warmer than yesterday, but maybe we're just getting more used to the cooler temperatures and overcast sky.  We loved the garden of the Rodin museum with its many famous sculptures, notably The Thinker, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. 

There's an interesting story that goes with The Burghers of Calais .  These six men surrendered themselves to be executed in order to save the lives of all of the people in their city.  Rodin did a good job making these guys look pretty miserable. 

While admiring the sculptures in the garden, rain started to pour down enough that we decided it was time to go to the indoor exhibits. 

Really impressive works awaited us inside. 

                                         Ha!  Dan.

                             I wear the hat everywhere-hides the hair and protects from the elements. 

   
                                   Seriously unhappy woman.   I look just like my mother in this photo.

                                        Piano hands?       

 

  
                     The Gates of Hell.  I think I may have been there.

La Patisserie des Reves

 Taking the advice of our shared table acquaintances, we visited La Patisserie des Reves with
the intention of getting The brest of Paris.   The beautiful pastries inside this small shop were displayed under glass as works of art, which indeed they are.

 The Brest of Paris  a ring of choux pastry loaded with praline cream named after a French bicycle race.

Not as pretty as in the store, but it traveled for a few hours in a box before we got to eat it.

 Our lunch was at a communal dining, organic food restaurant called Le Pain Quotiden, The Daily Bread.  

                                         Dan's lunch-meat plate-duck pate, ham, sausage

    Susan's lunch-vegetable plate   lentils, beets, hummus, roasted peppers, goat cheese, arugula, and a glass of rose.

Next we went to the Hotel Invalides (where Napoleon is buried), you can see the gold dome in the background which is over Napoleon's Tomb.

While we were at the Hotel Invalides and the Museee de l'Armee, they were having a ceremony giving out medals.  By this point I was tired and my feet were really hurting.  We headed back to the hotel for a break.    I am getting different shoes tomorrow.

Window shopping on the way back to the hotel

Dinner at Breizh Cafe

 These were Buckwheat gallotes with various fillings.  Interesting.