The Renovated Picasso Museum
A beautiful day to visit the Picasso Museum and then Place des Vosges, the most beautiful square in Paris
29.05.2019 - 30.05.2019
Musée National Picasso-Paris
May 29, 2019 — Day 20 (Wednesday)
Musée National Picasso-Paris
Sunshine! We decided to start at the Picasso Museum and afterwards follow part of one of Ed’s Paris Walks so we took the #91 bus (in the direction Gare du Nord) to St. Claude stop and walked to the Picasso Museum for the special Picasso-Calder Exhibit. There really was no line so we got our tickets and entered. Picasso and Calder are an interesting juxtaposition and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Not so much the newly renovated museum which has been so modernized you get no feeling of the marvelous old hôtel it is. Some of Picasso’s smaller works that had been exhibited in the vaulted cellars seemed lost on the huge, blank white walls of the very modern renovation. The vaulted cellars were not accessible . . . a shame as they were beautiful. Click here for the Picasso Museum Official web site
The Number 91 Bus in Paris
Gare de Lyon from the #91 bus
Shop in the Marais area of Paris
Bastille Opera
Calder - Picasso Special Exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Paris
Calder - Picasso Exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Paris
Calder - Picasso Exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Paris
Calder - Picasso Exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Paris
Stairway in the Hôtel Salé that holds the Picasso Museum in Paris
Calder - Picasso Exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Paris
Calder - Picasso Exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Paris
Courtyard of the Picasso Museum in Paris
Café des Musées on rue Turenne
After we finished at the Picasso, we started in the direction of Place des Vosges looking for lunch. We checked menus on the way and finally settled on Café des Musées on rue Turenne. Big mistake! We ordered the daily special of veal in mushroom sauce and it was battered and fried . . . overcooked and tough as nails. We struggled through it and at least the bread and desserts were decent. Why anyone dunks food in batter and fries it is beyond my understanding.
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Place des Vosges - Paris
We continued to Place des Vosges and walked around it looking into galleries but not going into any. The Victor Hugo House was closed for renovations. Continued on to rue Birague under major construction and down to the Seine where we took Metro #7 at Pont Marie. Stopped at Café St. Medard for an excellent kir and then visited Androuet for cheese, Franprix for wine and Saines for bread. There is a Mass at seven o’clock and we’ll go to that. Click here for information on Place des Vosges
Modern sculpture outside a gallery at the Place des Vosges
Statue of Louis XIII in Place des Vosges in Paris
Au Sanglier Charcutier Traiteur in Paris
Posted by Beausoleil 15:29 Archived in France
Looks like a good day out. Shame about your meal. I like battered fish but not meat. Lovely blue skies in your out door photos.
by irenevt