Paris - Museums-Performances-Reunions

In spite of the floods preventing our viewing of the Orsay, Louvre and Monet's Gardens in Giverny we were able to see some very interesting museums which we might have missed otherwise.

Portraits were abundant inside and outside the museums. Along with fantastic performances in churches, subways and in the streets.

Image overload? Impossible not to be in Paris and this is a very edited group of photos.

Fun reunions were had by all with our Maui Pod in Paris! Where's Maggie? With all of us on Don's blog. http://www.dolphindude.com/2016/06/up-too-late.html 

Only in Paris can I have an ice cream bar designed to my own personal specification!

Paris- Tasty Morsels

  

After a fabulous dinner last night at a restaurant that was just as much a feast for the eyes as for the mouth we went to the Orsay Museum this afternoon.

 


                          

I love zeroing in on what really catches my eye in a scene or a painting.  Is it artistic sacrilege to edit the great masters down to a tasty morsel?  Not to me.   

         
Unfortunately our afternoon at the museum was cut short when everyone was escorted out of the museum before it officially closed because of 'a problem with too much water in the Seine'. We couldn't understand why this was a problem but surmised there might be some worry about the basement and flooding? Apparently it is the rainiest May in Paris in 130 years and the Seine is rising beyond belief. We will see if it is open or closed tomorrow to resume our viewing, we only saw half of one floor. Bummer!

    

Outside we watched the show as a dog was being rescued off a houseboat. Why? Not sure, but everyone watching from the bridge cheered in delight when the german shepherd was successfully carried down the ramp into the waiting dingy and escorted back to dry land.

      

Looks like another precious item had a better fate than its larger counterpart.

Washington DC - Intersecting Journeys

Whenever and wherever we travel our paths always intertwine with those around us. This time we had the privilege to attend Nadia and Andrejs' wedding. They beamed as they vowed to continue their journey together on an even deeper and richer level.

Soon, another will join their journey as they become a family. 

We managed to fit in a couple of museums at the Smithsonian. Previews of coming attractions when we get to Paris were seen at the National Gallery of Art in the Impressionists wing. I love getting really close up to the paintings to actually see the brush strokes and feel the hand behind the stroke or the drawn line. 







   

 

And whom did we find at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History? The PINK CAPS!  We are super stars! Our pod is immortalized for all to see in the Smithsonian, imagine that! Thank you Don Bloom for being 'photographer extrodinaire' and chronicling our pod for over 20 years of great Maui swims. The Smithsonian thanks you too!   

We of course had to stop several tourists to snap our photo next to our picture. 


Next stop Paris, and with the luck of the draw, we got TSAprecheck!