I have really done nothing but sit in parks and visit museums so far. It's not a bad life, but my knees don't appreciate the sacrifice they're being forced to make.
Yesterday, I had the brilliant idea to walk to the Louvre...and then walk around the Louvre...for six hours. I then walked around the gardens behind the Louvre and then walked back (feel free to look at a map of Paris, I'm staying in the Bastille region), stopping at the quaint garden behind Notre Dame.
Today, I walked about the same distance to Musée d'Orsay, which has the Impressionists and newer art than the Louvre, but not modern. There are several rooms devoted to Monet. The one room for van Gogh was by far the most crowded. There was an exhibit of extremely old photographs from Great Britain and France. I quite enjoyed that one.
I am really quite sick of the crowds.
I haven't been taking too many photos because I'm pretty tired of photographing buildings, and I think it's generally silly to photograph art (I did get a few to prove that I was at the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay).
I haven't been very lucky with finding good, cheap meals unless they involve bread and fruit. So that is unpleasant. Also, the housekeeper keeps throwing away my empty water bottles...I refill them. Ugh. I need to start hiding them, apparently. It took me two days to catch on.
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