Paris Day 2: d'Orsay and Rodin

After a good night's sleep, we got up about 9am local time to begin our day. I had read online that there were several good bakeries and cafe's near our apartment on the Rue de Bourgogne, and we were hoping to get a nice breakfast before heading out to some museums. Unfortunately, we learned that not much in Paris besides museums are open on Sunday. But that was ok, since I had heard the cafe at the d'Orsay, our first museum of the day, was good.

Now, I have to mention here that if you are going to visit Paris, buy a museum pass. This was invaluable to us. Not only did it get us in to most monuments and museums in the city, is also lets you go bypass the lines. When we got to the d'Orsay, the "regular" entrance had a long line, but the "pass" entrance had no wait at all. Nice!!



The d'Orsay museum is a renovated railroad station that now is an art museum. I think I liked the building more than the art. They have a wide variety or exhibits, from impressionist paintings to art nouveau furniture.







By the time we got up to the level with the cafe, I was starving. We were seated and our server brought the menu. I asked about breakfast and learned what the Parisian version of breakfast is: Coffee, juice and a croissaint. I certainly have no issues with croissants, but I was looking for a bigger breakfast!! No wonder the French don't get fat. Since I'm not a coffee drinker, I had a chocolat chaud (hot chocolate) instead and Jeff had the chocolat frappe (basically chocolate milk blended with ice). Judging by how quickly he drank his, I'd say Jeff was just fine with his breakfast. I have to say the French chocolate is very tasty!!

The nice thing about the cafe at d'Orsay is that is right next to the outdoor terrace and we got some nice pictures of the Louvre across the Seine.



We left the d'Orsay and headed over to the Rodin museum. I was most interested in the sculpture garden on the property, said to be quite lovely. Once again, our museum pass got us right past the line and into the gardens. As we walked through the gardens we also got great views of the Eiffel Tower and the Invalides.






Up next: Day 2 continued...Invalides and Sacre Coeur