Paris (week 36)We were up early to make sure we'd be able to get up the Tour Eiffel - we tried to buy tickets online a month ago, but they were already sold out. Luckily, most of the spaces are still available for walk-ins, and we were "lucky" to have a hazy day, so we only had to wait 15 minutes to get to the second stage (they suggested the 3rd (top) stage had worse visibility, so we didn't pay the extra €20).
We then moved along the river to the Musée d'Orsay, the museum holding the Louvre's modern art collection. It is a manageable size, and the boys (and parents) enjoyed it more than the Louvre because there is a greater concentration of famous artists. At least, famous in that the boys have heard of them because many of the Impressionists spent time along the Riviera and in the Pays d'Aix. Cézanne lived in Aix, van Gogh in Arles with Gauguin, etc. There were many examples from these three artists, as well as numerous Monets, Manets, Renoirs, and Degases. Interestingly, there is a museum-wide prohibition on photography in the d'Orsay, while the Louvre proper allows photos (even with flash) everywhere including in the Mona Lisa room.
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