Paris Take Two

As the semester is flashing by me I just can't seem to catch it.  This semester aboard has been one of the best decisions of my life.  I'm not sure if I am ready for it to be over just quite yet.  So here is some of the recaps from Paris & a few other wonderful cities in Europe...

The Musee d'Orsay could be my favorite museum that I have ever visited.  The museum is housed in a old railway station built in the 1848.  The d'Orsay houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world.  Some of my favorites Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir and Van Gogh.

Here are just a few of the wonderful paintings that I saw & loved.  These are by no means my photos or copies of the real deals.  Just some wonderful google images. 

claude monet coquelicots

vincent van gogh la nuit étoilée

paul signac entree duport

 edgar degas la classe de danse

We also made it over the to the Louvre where we saw the one and only, Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci.  If you want to get close to the very small portrait you have to fight your way to the front amongst typical Asian tourist (rude, pushy & loud).  While attempting to fight my way to the front I saw a lady get pick pocketed by a small child.  I was too late in understanding what was going on.  The security guard came running over to the lady and asked her to check her purse and of course she had no clue that the small child had stolen her wallet.  Horrible that the world has to come down to this, but I firmly believe that each and everyone of us can make this a better world.

Other wonderful stops on our Paris trip:  Arch de Triumph, Moulin Rouge, The Famous Champs-Elysees with stopping into the store Louis Vuitton, Notre Dome, & the famous love lock bridge.

& don't forget tons of laughs 

:)