Pardon My French...: Tues, Wed, and Thursday

We have had a good few days here in Paris. The internet has been so bad lately, that we havent been able to really update the blog daily.. So, here is our 3-Day blog update.

Tuesday:

Tuesday we got up and took the train to Versaille Palace. Courtney and I have both been to Versaille twice, but have never actually gone inside the chateau. Plus, right now there is a exhibition by artist Jeff Koons inside the chateau, which is the first time a contemporary artist has been allowed to display work there. If you dont know who Jeff Koons is, google him. His art is really fun to look at, and was a great contrast to the decor of the palace..

Also, when we went to Versaille, it started DUMPING snow... This was actually pretty fun! C and I got totally covered between the walk from the train to the palace doors...

Snow, In action at the palace.

Me, covered.

C, covered!

Jeff Koons art... Giant balloon dog

Jeff Koons "Michael and bubbles"

More Koons

C and I reflected in the famous "Hall of Mirrors"

Koons sculpture outside Versaille, snowed on.

Snow covered palace gardens

Wednesday:

On wednesday. Court didnt feel like doing much during the day, so I went back to the Musee Armee. The Musee armee is the military museum here in Paris. I went before on this trip, but it was closing and I only got to see a part of it. This time, I went JUST to see its display for WW1 and WW2. They have such a fascinating collection... Pretty much at least one example of every uniform worn by all sides in each of the world wars, not to mention guns, cannons, documents, etc... Also a lot of interactive displays. There was also enough english there that I was able to read about most of the items and events described.

On my way there, I passed a movie theater I had never seen before called Le Pagode. It was China themed, and in a house built to look like one of those old Chinese houses you see in movies.. Very cool. I guess it was built by the founder of THE BON MARCHE, whose wife loved China, so as a gift, he built it for her, and had everything flown in directly from China for the construction. Anyways, now its a movie theater... It had the most interesting crowd.. Seriously.. It was like going to the Opera.. All adults, dressed really nicely. No kids, not really even any young people... very fancy! We saw BURN AFTER READING. And in the end all we could say was "At least the theater was interesting!"

Thursday:

Today we just walked. We left the house at noon and walked for 6 full hours (with a short food stop)

I have no idea how far we walked today, but we pretty much covered all the Paris landmarks...

We started on our street, and walked to Montparnasse.. From there, we hit Invalides (where the Musee Armee is, as well as Napoleons tomb) . then the Eiffel Tower, then the Arc du Triumph... After that we went down the Champs Elysee, then up to the Hermes and Chanel stores (The Chanel store is actually built into Coco Chanel's Paris townhouse) to the Place Concorde, then back home... From a distance, we could see Notre Damme also.. And even though we have walked by that at least 10 times this trip, Im going to add it to today also.. Just to cover ALL the landmarks at once...

Invalides.. That whole building is Napoleons tomb...