Au revoir, Paris!

Here's an overview of our last two days: We went to the Musee d'Orsay (pictured below). It is a large collection of mostly Impressionist work: Monet, Manet, Renoir, etc. It was housed in a converted train station and this is the view from the 6th floor.

After we visited this museum, Josh went back to our room to rest (he developed a sinus infection our last few days) and I went to the Pompidou Centre, which is their big modern art museum. This is the 'triple crown' of museum tours: the Louvre (ancient Greek to pre-Impressionist), Musee d'Orsay (Impressionist), and the Pompidou (20th century and contemporary). It was really facinating to be able to visit all three within such a short time span to get a broad view of the historical spectrum of Western art.

Our last evening, we had a picnic by Notre Dame and watched it light up as it got dark.

We have finally arrived home (in Little Rock) after a mere 14 hours of travel. I say that in all seriousness because the trip going to Paris took almost 24. We had a 10 hour flight from Paris to Dallas (3 movies, 2 meals, so it went by rather quickly). We got delayed at U.S. Customs (their computers were down--although they didn't even seem to use the computer when they processed us through...), so we missed our connection to Little Rock. Fortunately we made it through on stand-by for the next flight, only an hour delay. It was so great to see Benjamin and to be back in the U.S. B had a wonderful time with Big Bill and Essie and was full of stories to tell us (through Essie) about their adventures while we were gone.

This is the last picture from our trip taken in the Dallas airport. The only thing we really missed in Paris was large cups of coffee-to-go. Parisians do not walk and eat or drink anything and their coffee cups are small. So we were actively searching for a Starbucks as soon as we landed!

Thanks for sharing our trip with us! We have many, many more pictures to share, but we hope to show you those in person soon.