Fin!

So we come to the end of our Italy-Paris adventure! Au revoir Paris!  Addio Italia! 😢

(we do have a stopover for a couple of nights in Singapore on the way home, however I will put this blog to bed now that our European legs are complete, although I reserve the right to change my mind if I get a request for further drivel from the multitude following this blog, or if I just want to despite zero requests)

We have had an awesome time, but are ready to return to our family and friends.  The joy of travel is being replaced by the joy of home.

It was a wet day to farewell Paris, but we spent a couple of hours at Musee d’Orsay visiting with the great impressionists - Renoir, Pissarro, Manet, Sisley and of course Monet, among others.  A lot of Van Gogh work there too, before he went stark-raving mad. It was fantastic, I’ve always loved Monet’s work, but Sisley and Pissarro really sparked our passions today as well - d’Orsay is well worth a visit.

The Editor visited the Paris Opera House and brought back some great pics as well.  I was out finding strapping for a dodgy knee (damn I’m old) and a good macchiato.

Just a few pics today, hope you like them and they spark some good memories.

View from Musee d’Orsay

To Paris

I could be an Impressionist.  As long as I don’t have to paint.
Or draw. Or sculpt.  I mightn’t be great at it now I think it through.

Any chance a nude dear?
Editors note: no chance

Either someone hung this wrong, or the photographer 
has spent the last month on the p15s

This one made me cry - Monet painted this of his dying wife to capture on canvas his feelings
I included the plaque in case you want to read it

Paris Opera House, soon to be home to
Monsieur Nicolas de Corcoran (no pressure Nic)

The third floor corridor on the right hand side is completely out of bounds
for those not wishing to die a horrible, horrible death

Some work being done on the set for Giselle
(ballet currently performing at Palais-Garnier- Opera de Paris)

Oh, and a few final ones just cos…

It was raining

So I found somewhere dry

And some good food 
(Foges, the Foi Gras was awesome)

We were sated; we were happy

Au revoir friends, thanks for taking an interest in our travel.  Stay safe and well, see you back in Melbourne in a few days.  Time to start cleaning the house boys.

(Editors note  - a number of the Americans we met were travelling with their youngest( or only child) as a celebration of completing school- how we laughed)