The beautiful weather had to come to and end, but that's ok - our back up was planned to perfection with a morning at the Musee D'Orsay. For Coralie, our resident Jubilee painter, this was deemed an official visit to "artist heaven" (a pilgrimage for her of similar proportion to Geoff and mine at Chateauneuf-du-Pape!!! - but eh, for once this story is not about me!!!!)
One challenge for the blog here - no photos allowed at the Musee, which is a complete change from 2007 when Jon and I were here. To confuse me even further for some reason you can take photos at Louvre, but not D'Orsay - (hhhmmmmm....... another question to ponder, like the illegal lying on the grass in the gardens!!!) This required considerable discussion over coffee, and coupled with a challenging arrival for Geoff and Coz due to Metro problems, it was almost time for a drink at 10am!!! I don't mind saying, this threw Geoff into quite the spin - resulting in D'Orsay Incident 119 (for those who know him for the famous Num Fong incident 117) there was a whole incident involving him, a backpack, a camera, and a security guard wanting to take possession of all of the above.
Given the "Coralie event" in the queue before we got into the Musee, I was really starting to worry about Team Watson. The Coralie event involved a complicated combination of Coralie, an umbrella, her ring, and somehow the three were caught together. Geoff was then called upon to assist unwinding the umbrella and ring which couldn't be removed from Coralie's finger - I then became support crew and somehow we became a threesome all attached to the problem umbrella, shuffling along in the queue, giggling like naughty kids, trying to keep the queue moving (and to be honest, not wetting our pants). Lordy, lordy, loo!!!! We laughed, and laughed and laughed.
Now, back to the days events - if you want to see all the a great collection of impressionist art you will just have to come and visit the Musee D'Orsay yourself, or....... wait for the amazing Coralie to release her own private exhibition (yes, of course I have already nominated myself to be her promoter - Geoff no longer allowed after official blacklisting for camera offence previously aforementioned).
The best I can offer is some clock pictures, my attempt at being creative and working within the boundaries provided by French photography law (blah, blah, ha, ha ......eh, I'm an accountant, not an artist or a comedian, so go easy on me.)
The only thing to do on a rainy afternoon was to find somewhere warm for lunch, and then hit the shops - Coz, Mum, Dad & I headed for Galleries Lafayette. Now those of you who have been there will understand - it is difficult to describe - one of the most beautiful stores I have ever seen, the architecture inside is amazing, and the view from the designer couture level into the stained glass dome, breathtaking (as the the price tags on some of the items.....) but truly, it is a lovely experience. I would love to share this with you, but clearly, I was a little distracted and completely forgot to take photos - however I did manage to capture a picture of the store sign & rooftop from the ladies loo!!!! Why you ask, well that will always be a mystery as I don't know the answer(please tell me you find this as funny as I do - yep, I don't take a photo of the most beautiful store ever, but I do manage to find time to take a snapshot from the loo!!!)
Anywho............. our next event is the Joie de Vivre Jubilee Dinner Paris style, so that requires a whole new blog page. I promise I will return tomorrow for an update on our last few days.
Morning Update!!!! I have now discovered Dad's photos, and he had the good sense to snap some pics whilst we gals were distracted shopping!!!!
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