When I titled the last post printemps, I meant to say why - everywhere we see flowering chestnut trees, wysteria, may bush and other wonderful spring blooms - a picture at every turn. Today there were people selling bunches of lily of the valley on every corner. We travelled to Sacre Coeur and found it at the top of many flights of stairs - there was a funicular rail to it but we chose to walk - silly us; my hips objected for the rest of the day. On our way back on the metro I was shocked to run into Robyn, the illustrator who came on the Desert Art Tour from Wiluna last year.
That night at about 8.30, there was a bit of activity in our courtyard, it appeared that some young people might be rehearsing a play - they were dressed in cloaks, had flaming torches and a backdrop that looked like a castle was rolled around the walls of the area. However, more and more things wer set up - a large Persian rug with a huge brass tray on its centre and then, truelly, a camel was led in! It had an ornate stripy blanket and a richly cloaked sheik in a gold jellabah and turban to mind it. Then guests began to appear at about 10 pm and music started. It was a part and it disturbed our peace until 3am! No longer interesting!
2nd May Monet Paintings
The Musee Marmatton has a marvellous collection of Impressionist paintings including a whole room of Monet works. The place was the mansion home of a collector of fine art and decorative arts and we spent some rapturous hours there. In the shop I was delighted to find Linnea in Monet's Garden a delightful picture story book that I have at home.
The Blois de Boulogne is nearby, so we walked around a lake there and we were pleased to notice this is a place of joggers, families and other walkers enjoying the lovely place.
In the mid afternoon, we found our way to Musee Cluny - a medieval building with another amazing collection of artefacts, tapestries, medieval jewellery, tombstones archetectural features, stained glass, sculptures, brass and silver ware and pottery. A wonderful place to visit on a drizzly day.
We travelled halfway home by bus then walked from the obelisk at the begiining of the Champs Elysees all the way home, stopping only for a vin blanc at an outdoor bar / cafe.
Monday 3rd May Troyes
The rail pass that we bought in Aus is wonderful for the day trips - today to Troyes; Irene is keen to see excellent example of French stained glass and of course, I am also keen. Unfortunately, of the 10 churches for which it is famous, all but one are closed on Mondays - however, this cathedral has beautiful stained glass, I think we found the best in the city.
Troyes is also famous for its sausage, which we tried for lunch. We decided we would not try it again, at least, I did not enjoy warm, lightly cooked sausage of large pieces of duck gizzards. I needed 2 glasses of red to wash it down! The town itself is amazing, a medieval wonder of tall, na
rrow, Tudoresque buildings, often tilting precariously; in fact, in some narrow lanes, heavy wooden props have been jammed between buildings to hold them up.
That night at about 8.30, there was a bit of activity in our courtyard, it appeared that some young people might be rehearsing a play - they were dressed in cloaks, had flaming torches and a backdrop that looked like a castle was rolled around the walls of the area. However, more and more things wer set up - a large Persian rug with a huge brass tray on its centre and then, truelly, a camel was led in! It had an ornate stripy blanket and a richly cloaked sheik in a gold jellabah and turban to mind it. Then guests began to appear at about 10 pm and music started. It was a part and it disturbed our peace until 3am! No longer interesting!
2nd May Monet Paintings
The Musee Marmatton has a marvellous collection of Impressionist paintings including a whole room of Monet works. The place was the mansion home of a collector of fine art and decorative arts and we spent some rapturous hours there. In the shop I was delighted to find Linnea in Monet's Garden a delightful picture story book that I have at home.
The Blois de Boulogne is nearby, so we walked around a lake there and we were pleased to notice this is a place of joggers, families and other walkers enjoying the lovely place.
In the mid afternoon, we found our way to Musee Cluny - a medieval building with another amazing collection of artefacts, tapestries, medieval jewellery, tombstones archetectural features, stained glass, sculptures, brass and silver ware and pottery. A wonderful place to visit on a drizzly day.
We travelled halfway home by bus then walked from the obelisk at the begiining of the Champs Elysees all the way home, stopping only for a vin blanc at an outdoor bar / cafe.
Monday 3rd May Troyes
The rail pass that we bought in Aus is wonderful for the day trips - today to Troyes; Irene is keen to see excellent example of French stained glass and of course, I am also keen. Unfortunately, of the 10 churches for which it is famous, all but one are closed on Mondays - however, this cathedral has beautiful stained glass, I think we found the best in the city.
Troyes is also famous for its sausage, which we tried for lunch. We decided we would not try it again, at least, I did not enjoy warm, lightly cooked sausage of large pieces of duck gizzards. I needed 2 glasses of red to wash it down! The town itself is amazing, a medieval wonder of tall, na
rrow, Tudoresque buildings, often tilting precariously; in fact, in some narrow lanes, heavy wooden props have been jammed between buildings to hold them up.
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