For our second day in Paris, we unfortunately only really had a few short hours in the morning. The reason was because our departing flight from "Paris" was really located in Beauvais, which is more than an hour north of the city. Learn from our mistake, and please be sure to look at those airport locations carefully!
That being said, we did get lucky to be in Paris on the first Sunday of the month, which is a day known throughout Europe as having free admission into many museums. (Word of advice: Get in line early! And try to find an entrance less trafficked by the public; you will get in faster!) Because this was the majority of the girls' first time in "The City of Lights", they went to The Louvre...which is a definite must-do! But since I have already been (and know how massive The Louvre is), I decided to try Musée d'Orsay instead!
And WOW, was that such a good decision. See, I love all art, but I especially love art around the impressionism era, and my all-time favorite artist is Claude Monet. As I made my way through Musée d'Orsay, I quickly learned that this museum is the epicenter of my most adored art. There wasn't just one Monet painting, but a whole room dedicated to him. There wasn't just a handful of impressionism art, but almost everything was impressionism!
Being at Musée d'Orsay was truly a moment I will remember the rest of my life. I'm not gonna lie, I got teary-eyed! I just got so overwhelming happy seeing artworks I have admired since high school, and some I even studied and recreated myself. I so hope one day I can return to Musée d'Orsay and spend a whole day there. =)
That being said, we did get lucky to be in Paris on the first Sunday of the month, which is a day known throughout Europe as having free admission into many museums. (Word of advice: Get in line early! And try to find an entrance less trafficked by the public; you will get in faster!) Because this was the majority of the girls' first time in "The City of Lights", they went to The Louvre...which is a definite must-do! But since I have already been (and know how massive The Louvre is), I decided to try Musée d'Orsay instead!
And WOW, was that such a good decision. See, I love all art, but I especially love art around the impressionism era, and my all-time favorite artist is Claude Monet. As I made my way through Musée d'Orsay, I quickly learned that this museum is the epicenter of my most adored art. There wasn't just one Monet painting, but a whole room dedicated to him. There wasn't just a handful of impressionism art, but almost everything was impressionism!
Being at Musée d'Orsay was truly a moment I will remember the rest of my life. I'm not gonna lie, I got teary-eyed! I just got so overwhelming happy seeing artworks I have admired since high school, and some I even studied and recreated myself. I so hope one day I can return to Musée d'Orsay and spend a whole day there. =)