A Day In Paris

Theresa writes:

Day 3

We had a full day of sightseeing today and the children are getting really proficient at reading the metro and the street maps.  This is just as well as I keep going the wrong way and setting us lost! This morning we had an early breakfast and headed to L'Orangerie, a small museum with Monet's water lily paintings.  This was a great museum for the children as the paintings are large and beautifully displayed in the two oval shaped roooms.  James said wow when we entered the first room, and this echoed what we were all thinking surrounded by these gorgeous paintings.

We spent some time wandering along the Seine and over the Pont Alexander ( ok I might have gotten us a little lost about this time....).   We caught the metro to Jardin Luxembourg where we spent a good portion of the day. The children loved the playground and they spent over an hour there. When hunger struck we had a picnic lunch followed by more playing.  Heading out of the park I wasn't planning on another art gallery but when we were walking past the Musée Luxembourg they asked to go in.  This was another small museum with some gorgeous paintings.  Of more interest to the children were a lot of gory photos.  James enjoyed the severed head on a plate and the woman driving a nail into a man's head.  We followed this up with a walk around the Latin Quarter and the Pantheon followed by ice-cream.  

We are a little footsore and tired tonight so it's a simple dinner and early to bed for us.