A wander through the Waterlillies

 Impressionists have always captured our imagination. The use of colours, space and light makes the art come alive. Claude Monet’s work is of particular appeal, unsurprisingly, and we were hoping to see his place in Giverny over the weekend, however the Paris train system doesn’t run there on weekends (a fact we only learned after buying tickets for the gardens unfortunately).  Today we had the pleasure of going to Musee l’Orangerie to view the massive works that make up his Waterlilies collection. I highly recommend a visit if you like his work, it is breathtaking. 

Proof that inside each artist is a 6 year old with a new crayon set
Dan reckons this has more than a passing resemblance to King Charles

This is what €56 worth of nougat looks like (after
we made him reluctantly halve what we’d chosen)
Good grief!  Reckon they didn’t see us coming?

After a wander through Invalides and then down to the Latin Quarter for lunch, the rain started so we decided it was time for an afternoon off.  We toddled home, grabbed some food for dinner and settled in with a good book.  Ok, The Editor settled in with a good book, I may have gone to sleep.  

After a quiet read (deep sleep) we headed out again once it hit the hour of the Apéritif.  The streets were quiet and we enjoyed a walk through the 4th Arrondissement, including Victor Hugo’s house (inventor of the lawn mower*) , some lovely gardens, a pretty good cafe (though there was a large dose of jealousy when the table next to us had delivered a massive plate of fromage, fresh bread, and a French Onion Soup to die for, which they nearly did, however The Editor intervened and got me another red instead, I think I’ve lost control of this sidebar so better close it off now), and some great shops and tree-lined streets.

Birthplace of the Victor 2-stroke*

* further research (thanks Dr Google) suggests that in addition to his fine work with the lawn mower (which was missing from his wiki profile, so I added it this evening), Monsieur Hugo was also responsible for some great writing, including Les Miserables, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, soon to be playing in Melbourne starring the incomparable, Nicholas Corcoran.