More on Paris

Yesterday we checked out the big Monet water lilies at l'Orangerie. I'd seen them before at the Marmottan and at Giverny but was hoping to see some imaginative use of light and space in this venue that was so long under restoration. I didn't think that there was much difference between the old venue and the new. It's awfully stark. The Walter-Guillaume collection of impressionist art is awesome but the space is constricted. There are lineups but it's worth seeing once if you like the Impressionists. I'm not tempted to return.



Today we wandered over to le Marais and saw an old friend:


We had lunch at Camille, a favourite.


Afterwards we went to the Picasso Museum - a great exhibit on the evolution of Cubism and another that shows links between Picasso's Guernica and photography of modern wars. These exhibits are very worth a look. The curation at this museum is impeccable. Mr. Nag was so affected by it all he had to take a nap in the jardin.