The Luxembourg Gardens, St.-Germain and the Delacroix Museum
It has gotten very warm in Paris. We started the day at the Luxembourg Gardens, had lunch at Brasserie Lipp and then walked through Église Saint-Germain before walking on to the Delacroix Museum. We found a Sunday afternoon market by the Cluny Museum.
02.06.2019 - 03.06.2019
Eiffel Tower from the Luxembourg Gardens
Interesting graffiti in Paris
]une 2, 2019 — Day 24 (Sunday)
Quiet Sunday. We walked to the Luxembourg Gardens and claimed chairs to watch all the weekend joggers. Later walked over to the Medici Fountain, took a few pictures, watched a very exotic photographer shoot a model at the fountain and then we claimed a couple chairs by the fountain and watched people, ducks and pigeons. [Luxembourg Gardens, Entrances: Place Edmond Rostand, Place André Honnorat, Rue Guynemer, Rue de Vaugirard; Click here for the Luxembourg Gardens web site]
Luxembourg Gardens - Paris
Luxembourg Gardens - Paris
Montparnasse Tower from the Luxembourg Gardens - Paris
Ed with Marie Stuart (Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots), Queen of France, 1542 to 1587
Medici Fountain at the Luxembourg Gardens
Brasserie Lipp - Paris
As lunch time approached, we started toward rue de Seine where Carol Lynn and David had recommended a seafood place. We had no trouble finding it, but it didn’t look very appealing so we set off to check the menu at Les Deux Magots. They’ve added a large outdoor section and we weren’t impressed with their menu so crossed the street to Brasserie Lipp. The menu looked good so we went in. Very elegant; very welcoming. We’d eaten there years before and loved the waiters and that hasn’t changed. We both ordered the confit de canard and it arrived on a tray where we served ourselves. It was delicious. Ed got a chocolate mousse for dessert and I got a glacé café parfait that looked like a coffee ice cream torpedo on a plate. Delicious! [Brasserie Lipp, 151 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006; tel: +33 (0)1 4548-5391; Click here for the Brasserie Lipp web site]
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Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés - Paris
After lunch we walked over to and into Église Saint-Germain. Much of it was under wraps for renovation but the central aisle including the ceiling had been restored and was stunning. When it’s all done, it will be spectacular. It had been so dark and gloomy and now it is beautiful. I can't wait to see it when it's completed. It was started in 543 as a Benedictine Abbey, turned into a saltpetre factory after the Revolution and finally turned back into a church in the 1800s. Between 1821 and 1854, the church was restored by the architects Étienne-Hippolyte Godde and Victor Baltard and was classified as a historic monument in 1862. It is one of the first French Gothic buildings and in the world.
L'embacle Fountain
Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés - Paris
Buskers by the St. Germain Metro Station
Prometheus by Ossip Zadkine in Paris
Église de Saint Germain des Prés - Nave with altar and organ
Église de Saint Germain des Prés
Église de Saint Germain des Prés
Homage to Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso - model was Dora Maar
Sculpture installation on Place de Fürstenberg
We then walked around the corner to the Delacroix Museum, free on a first Sunday. We enjoyed the small collection and claimed seats in the garden. Followed that by walking to the Cluny Museum Garden and only half the garden was open, the playground. The lovely Medieval Garden, the pretty half, is undergoing renovation. The Cluny has been a disappointment on this trip.
Entrance to the Delacroix Museum
Exhibits in the Delacroix Museum
Sketch for the painting Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix (1996 photo)
(Can be seen in the Louvre)
Terra cotta bust of Eugène Delacroix
Climbing down to the garden at the Delacroix Museum
Place de Fürstenberg with art installation
Garden of the Cluny Museum - Playground area
Sunday Market on blvd. Saint-Germain beside the Cluny Garden
There was a small market beside the garden so we walked through it to the Metro. On the Metro a nice Brazilian man offered us his seat and chatted briefly.
Sunday Market on blvd. Saint-Germain beside the Cluny Garden
Cluny La Sorbonne Metro Station
Our boulangerie in Paris
It’s gotten very hot so we cooled off with Perrier when we got home. Great stuff . . . !
Posted by Beausoleil 15:33 Archived in France Tagged paris france luxembourg_gardens saint-germain_church brasserie_lipp cluny_museum_garden delacroix_museum
I was looking forward to seeing pictures of your food, but guess it was so good you couldn't pause for pictures.
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