day 8: the Louvre
Posted by ka. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:53:00 GMT
editing this section, so please bear with me -
dite: Victoire de Samothrace
day 7: writing like mad - the Impressionists
Posted by ka. Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:48:00 GMT
Not going to regale you with listings of all the pictures I loved in the Musée d’Orsay reading over my earlier posts makes me shudder to think what an art snob I sound like but I have scribblings of the names in my sketchbook, and can always post them here later for my own record if I can read my own handwriting, that is ;)
day 6: l'arc de triomphe
Posted by ka. Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:48:00 GMT
Had been able to view it from the Eiffel Tower - even from afar, it had stood out clearly in the distance -
We got there and were able to take pictures just as the sun started to set and bathed the city in that beautiful Parisienne golden light. But then the skies opened up, and the rain which had threatened all day (a couple of sun showers earlier notwithstanding) came down in torrents.
Tried to wait it out, thinking rain falling that hard would have to eventually let up - but this was Paris. We quickly realized that sure-footing would be a risk neither of us was willing to take, and we returned home.
day 6: flea market - the preamble
Posted by ka. Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:45:00 GMT
Set out early, itinerary in hand. First stop: the famed flea markets of Paris.
Took the Metro as far north as it goes - right to the end of the line. Realized once we stepped out that these were the streets which had seen so much violence last year.
This is an area of Paris which has had an influx of immigrants from North Africa, and is burdened by high rates of unemployment. Didn’t see the usual evidence of depression - open and airy, with wide, tree-lined streets, the beautiful old terraced buildings adding an elegance not found in N. Amer slums - empty the streets of people this the first time we came across people hawking their wares on street corners - and this area is still the Paris of our dreams.
day 3: 300 zeird and zoderful zorks.
Posted by ka. Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:18:00 GMT
Decided to part company just below the Place de Tertre, shy of the pinnacle (read as: 427’ climb to Sacre Coeur). Had not realized before that there was a Dalì museum here for me -
Now, Spain has always called to me, partly to see the Dalì musuem at Figueres shiver
So, of course, I knew there is more of his art out there than just lithographs - but somehow it never dawned on me that i would be seeing any of it here.