Classes went so well on Friday! The guy from Argentina happens to be an industrial engineer also, so when we had to think of an invention and sell it to the class we dominated of course. Putting two engineers with people skills in the same group was probably a bad call on the teacher's part. Unfortunately, today was his last day so I'll have to make more friends with my class of older people. After class on Friday, Molly, Kelley and I went to Musée d'Orsay. It was beautiful, and I discovered that I prefer romanticism to Impressionism. Monet's work, as beautiful as it is, can't hold a candle to Delacroix in my mind. The museum also featured an exhibit on Degas' sketches and nude work. I didn't realize he was capable of such detailed work that demonstrates such a well trained eye. His sketches were totally different than the paintings you see of his dancers. After the museum, we went to the huge park by the military academy and shared a bottle of wine. Then we wandered over to the Eiffel tower and ran into our new friends from Louisiana. We hung out with them ad marveled at the diversity of people around us for a while, and then went to dinner around 9:00. I ordered lasagne, but it was no where near the lasagna at home. Dinner lasted about two and a half hours, and we made it home at midnight!
Saturday:
We went to Chartres, a beautiful city with world renowned stained glass windows, as a group. A couple of us climbed the bell tower while it was tolling (amazing experience) and got a wonderful birds eye view of the surrounding area. Chartres also has an awesome farmers market with the sweetest strawberries I've ever tasted. Later that evening, post naps and dinner of course, we went back to the Eiffel tower with the Louisiana group to drink some more wine and watch the tower light up. It is so beautiful!
Sunday:
Today is free museum day so we went to Delacroix's home and Rodin's possible residence/museum. The Delacroix museum offered insight into the painter's life, and you could sit in his atelier and bask in the natural light. Rodin's museum was essentially a mini palace with INCREDIBLE rose gardens. Rodin had such a fascinating focus on the details of hands and feet. It's hard to fathom the time that each of his statues took. This afternoon is dedicated to writing all the journals and small papers from the last three days. All the spare time I've had to this point has been devoted to napping and it's costing me dearly.
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