Friday, April 25, 2008

Paris Day 15: Of Stone and Steel (cliffnotes)


Went to The Rodin Museum today. Favorite piece was Le Main de Dieu. Literally, Adam and Eve craddled in the hand of God. Took my breath away. Definitely prefer marble over bronze pieces.

Also saw special Camille Claudel exhibit. I loved The Waltz, in all the various configurations that they had.

Dinner at Cafe Constant. Third restaurant on my list, but it was wonderful. We were the first ones there, and waited a bit at the tables outside until they opened. Delicious food! Highly recommend it.

Over to the Eiffel Tower. It's spectacular. More later. Unable to buy ticket to third level at the bottom. Then, when we were at the second level, they started letting people up to the third level. Pain to get to a machine that would let us buy tickets. Then had to wait in line. Finally got to top and stayed for a bit. Home late. Walked a bit long the Seine to the RER station. Then Aunt Yo had a fit about walking from St. Michel to my apartment. I was annoyed, but decided not to make a big deal of it. But Aunt Yo and my mother got into it, and a few harsh words were said. Feelings were hurt. And I think they just decided to disagree. This from my elementary Japanese ...

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