Paris: Day 6
We started today off with the Monet Museum. It was a lot better than I expected. Seeing Monet's paintings in person gave me a whole new appreciation for them. They're very beautiful, and I don't know how he made them indistinct with odd-looking colors up close, but far away they look very detailed and the colors blend perfectly. Also, starting sometime around the early 1920's, Monet had cataracts. The colors in his paintings became much brighter, but the works are still brilliantly done. I was really awed at Monet's talent.
It was a really beautiful, sunny day, so we backtracked to a bakery to buy quiche, tarts, and baguettes. We walked to a park we had passed on the way, and sat on the grass, bathing in the sun and eating our wonderful French food. I bought a raspberry tart, and I think that, if there's food in Heaven, that's what it will taste like. It was amazing. I managed to get dog poop on my pants, but other than that, it was a perfect afternoon.
Next we returned to the Latin Quarter for a little shopping. We'd passed some great little places with cheap prices that we wanted to return to. We bought things (I'm not sure all my shopping decisions were wise). As we were leaving, we went in a shoe store. I found a pair of shoes that I fell in love with - I felt more strongly about these shoes than I had for half the guys I've dated. They were wonderful, and I wanted them soooo much. Unfortunately, they were also expensive. Not horrendously so, but more than I was willing to pay, even for the perfect shoes. It's better that I didn't get them - they don't really match much in my wardrobe, and I probably wouldn't be able to wear them until I left Denmark anyway (because it's so freakin' cold!). But I was very sad to leave them.
That night, Lee came back from a day at EuroDisney and a winery with Randy and Jessica. He and Jessica joined us for another night of pizza and beer on the steps of Montmartre. We wanted to take Jessica "slumming" - out to non-exclusive clubs frequented by normal people, but Lee was too tired, and Jessica wouldn't go out without him. So we decided they would come out with us the next night, and we went to bed.
It was a really beautiful, sunny day, so we backtracked to a bakery to buy quiche, tarts, and baguettes. We walked to a park we had passed on the way, and sat on the grass, bathing in the sun and eating our wonderful French food. I bought a raspberry tart, and I think that, if there's food in Heaven, that's what it will taste like. It was amazing. I managed to get dog poop on my pants, but other than that, it was a perfect afternoon.
Next we returned to the Latin Quarter for a little shopping. We'd passed some great little places with cheap prices that we wanted to return to. We bought things (I'm not sure all my shopping decisions were wise). As we were leaving, we went in a shoe store. I found a pair of shoes that I fell in love with - I felt more strongly about these shoes than I had for half the guys I've dated. They were wonderful, and I wanted them soooo much. Unfortunately, they were also expensive. Not horrendously so, but more than I was willing to pay, even for the perfect shoes. It's better that I didn't get them - they don't really match much in my wardrobe, and I probably wouldn't be able to wear them until I left Denmark anyway (because it's so freakin' cold!). But I was very sad to leave them.
That night, Lee came back from a day at EuroDisney and a winery with Randy and Jessica. He and Jessica joined us for another night of pizza and beer on the steps of Montmartre. We wanted to take Jessica "slumming" - out to non-exclusive clubs frequented by normal people, but Lee was too tired, and Jessica wouldn't go out without him. So we decided they would come out with us the next night, and we went to bed.
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