Paris Day 2

We started with a typical French breakfast in our hotel - warm milk for our cereal and croissants and baguettes. It was spitting outside so we both bought umbrellas and shockingly enough, the rest of the day was sunny. We rode the bus to Notre Dame (see pictures) and spent several hours looking at the cathedral, taking pictures, and attending Mass. The readings and the homily were in French but at least we understood the consecration. Back to the bus and on to L'Orangerie Museum where there were two interlocking oval rooms, that housed 8 of Monet's Waterlillies, measuring 91 meters long. They were magnificent! (see pictures) Cindy was so excited she couldn't stop smiling. As we were leaving, we noticed Rodin's The Kiss (see picture). We crossed the Seine back to the Musee d'Orsay. It was lovely. We saw Renoirs, VanGoghs, Cezannes, Degas, Gauguins, Pissarros and many more! We had our evening meal at a bistro across the avenue from our hotel. We sat outside and had a Coke for about 7 USD with - wait for it - three whole ice cubes! We ordered a sheezeberger and a ham and cheese baguette, because we wanted to be sure to have something we'd like since we skipped lunch and were really hungry. Both were delish. We talked for awhile, in typical French fashion, with a grandma, mom, and daughter from Seattle. They were really nice. After dinner we strolled down Rue de Cler. We checked out a jewelry shop and a cheese shop, but only purchased ice cream for dessert and bananas for tomorrow. We spent the rest of the night figuring out the Metro schedule to get us to the Rodin Museum, Sacre Couer, Rue de Bac, and of course, Giverny (and blogging this to you). Good night from Paris!