09 Sophie

Marisa's daughter Sophie came up from Marseille to visit and it was a full house.Thomas is the grandson on the left and Nicolas is the tall guy on the right; Manuel and Sophie have been together 25 years. I had Sunday and Monday off since the site was closed, so we walked over to the Flea Market.

Because of the holiday, many of the stores were closed. Anyhow, the Flea Market is only open on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

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We had the best crepe I've ever tasted, it was huge!

I decided to come back another day. Meanwhile, we went back home where it was nice and warm.

Fixed a little dinner and made plans for the next day. There was a type of expo in Paris I really wanted to see and Sophie knew all about it; but first, we thought we'd go to the Modern Art Museum near the Eiffel tower to catch a special art exhibition by Basquiat but the queue went out the door and around the block so we decided to find another expo. Took the metro to the Musee d'Orsay but ditto, the queue was so long that we got discouraged, so we walked over to the Museum Les Arts Decoratifs. It was awesome! 

We aren't allowed to take photographs inside but I managed to steal one...this is a hi-fi, radio, tv console in Furniture section...an era where catalog sales started to take off. Gotta see it. 

         

Every floor specialized in textures such as ceramic, glass and textile then in various themes popular during that era. The textile expo showed catwalk film of 1960-90's fashion creations, with also full size mannequins displaying outrageous styles that inspired the Pret a Porter fashion industry, shoes, purses, hats...very exciting.

Musee d'Orsay

Walking toward the bridge and the Seine River was furious...it is rising over the banks and this car is in for a ride! Crossing the bridge, you see a token of Parisian love...locks bound together forever.

 

  

Looking towards Place de la Concorde

Garden of the Tuilleries is the park near all the royal buildings including the Louvre. Though the ground is 50% frozen ice, people are still out wandering around.

The one seated on the horse is Jeanne d'Arc

Taken through Museum window, evening is here