9/3/2025
Breakfast. I buy an apple pastry at Artisan Boulanger which is across the street from our apartment. Cost? Think Richard had tea?
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| My breakfast |
Uber to Orsay. Cost 26.25€/$30.77 I have been taking pictures from our rides and enjoying the sights of Paris.
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| Pompidou Center |
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| Notre Dame |
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Musee d'Orsay. Cost $37.11 Richard does not go. He will rest at the apartment like the doctor advised. My admission is for 10:00 am. 1900 World Fair-train station. Station was gradually abandoned. In 1977 the French government decided to turn the building into a museum. 1986. Paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, photography and drawings. From 1848 to 1914. I get a brochure. There's a map showing the different levels and what art is to be found on each level. The brochure also showcases several paintings, etc. and on which level you can find them. I had my own list of what I wanted to see and several on my list were also listed in this brochure. My main focus was level 5 where the Impressionists and post-Impressionists are located. Like Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Degas, Manet. The building itself is beautiful. Souvenirs-I bought postcards and socks! Cost 27.30€/$32.00 Cost 9.40€/$11.02 I could have spent all day here. So much to see. But I was getting tired and I was happy with what I saw. As it was I was here for around 3 hours. Uber back to the apartment. Cost 15.45€/$18.11 I get back to the apartment at 1:45 pm.
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| Brochure I got |
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| Postcard |
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| Boulanger-Rehersal of "The FlutePlayer" and "Wife of Diomedes" at the Place of Prince Napolean |
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| Bouguereau-Birth of Venus |
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| Bouguereau-Dante and Virgil in Hell |
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| Thomas Coutre-The Romans in their Decadence |
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| Manet-on the left is Bullfight |
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| Manet-The Balcony |
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| Monet-Hotel des Roches Noires, Trouville |
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| Boudin-The Beach at Trouville |
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| Monet-Cour de femme en Normandie/Farmyard in Normandy |
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| Monet-Le Charrette, Route sous la neige a Honfleur/Road Under the Snow in Honfleur |
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| Monet-Meditation, Madame Monet on the Sofa |
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| Monet-Workshop Corner |
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| Monet-Women in the Garden |
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Whistler-Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 better known as Whistler's Mother
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| Postcard |
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Monet-The Pave of Chailly
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| Monet-Big Sea in Etretat |
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| Manet-Vase of Peonies on a Small Pedestal |
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| Manet-Blonde Woman with Bare Breasts |
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| Manet-Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe/The Luncheon on the Grass |
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Monet-Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe/Luncheon on the Grass painted in response to the 1863 work of Manet
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| Bookmark I bought |
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| Monet-The Poppy Field near Argenteuil |
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| Monet-The Railway Bridge in Argenteuil |
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| Sisley-Argenteuil Footbridge |
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| Monet-Lilac, gray time/The Rest Under the Lilacs |
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| Monet |
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| Postcard Manet |
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| Pissarro-Spring Trees in Bloom/Vegetable Gardens, Trees in Reurs, Spring |
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| Renoir-Alphonsine Fournaise |
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Renoir-Claude Monet
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| Degas-Blue Dancers |
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| Vegas-Rehersal of a Ballet on Stage |
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| Renoir-Dance at the Moulin de la Galette |
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| Renoir-Dance in the Country |
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| Postcard |
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| Renoir-Dance in the City |
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| Mary Cassatt-Girl in the Garden |
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| Cezanne-The House of Dr. Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise |
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| Guillaumin-Setting Sun in Ivry |
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| Monet-Chrysanthemums |
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Monet-Cliff of Fecamp/Cliff Near Dieppe
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| Monet-On the Cliff near Dieppe |
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| Monet-Wind Effect-series of poplars |
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| Monet-In Norwegian/The Boat in Giverny |
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Monet-Arm of Seine near Giverny
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| Monet-Water Lily Pond, Green Harmony |
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| Cezanne-Bathers |
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| Cezanne-Portrait of the Artist |
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Cezanne-Portrait of Gustave Geffroy
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| Van Gogh-The Cuinguetto in Montmartre Billiards we Drink/The bonne franquotte-The Good Luck |
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| Van Gogh-Starry Night |
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| Postcard |
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Van Gogh-The Meridienne/The Siesta
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Van Gogh-Portrait of the Artist
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Van Gogh-The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View of the Chevet
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| Van Gogh-Imperial Fritillaires in a Copper Vase |
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Renoir-The Bathers
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| Monet-Garden of the Artist at Giverny |
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| Monet-The Cathedral of Rouen |
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| Monet-London, the Parliament, Sun in the Fog |
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| Monet |
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| Monet-Blue Water Lilies |
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| Monet-Ice Cubes/Debacle on the Seine |
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| Monet-sketch |
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| Monet-Le Givre/Frost |
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| Monet-Celebration of 30 June 1878 |
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| Postcard |
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| Monet-The Boats, Regattas in Argenteuil |
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| Monet |
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| Berthe Morisot-The Butterfly Hunt |
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| Monet-The Villas in Bordighera |
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| Van Gogh |
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| Museum cafe |
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| Gauguin-Arearea/Joys |
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| Gauguin-The Meal/The Bananas |
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| Gauguin-Be Mysterious |
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| Henri Edmond Cross-The Escape of the Nymphs |
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| Seurat-Circus |
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| Paul Serusier-Landscape in the Bois d'Amour/The Talisman |
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| Gift shop |
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| Postcard |
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| Socks I bought |
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| Uber back to the apartment |
I stop at the boulangerie/bakery-Meunier-that is right next door to our apartment. Everything looks so good. I'm hungry so I bought a slice of the pistachio babka and a can of coke. Cost 7.75€/$9.08 My afternoon snack! It was delicious and this place will become my go to for French goodies.
Doctor follow up appointment. 6:00 pm. Taxi there. Cost 21.04€/$24.56 Doctor is happy to see Richard's O2 levels are higher. Still not where they should be but better. His lungs sounded clearer and his color was not as white as it was yesterday. Doctor advises rest for a week. But ok to go to dinners by Uber which is less stressful for him than using public transport. We're done here by 7:00 pm. Uber from the doctor/clinic to the restaurant. Cost 23.83€/$27.93
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| Uber to the doctor/clinic |
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| Clinic |
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| Doctor's office |
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| Richard looks better |
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| Taxi to the restaurant |
Le Florimond. Reservation originally was for 7:00 pm but I called to push it to 8:00 pm due to Richard's doctor appointment. Warmly greeted when we arrived by a guy wearing a tie that Richard really liked. Very vivid colors and suited his personality. Outside seating as well as inside. Our table is by the window. Drinks-lemonade for Richard and apérol spritz for me. Chips and homemade dip but I don't remember what kind of dip it was. Only that it was tasty. Basket of bread. Used to sop up the gravy. We both ordered the stuffed cabbage. It was very good but we both agreed that we would have liked more cabbage. Stuffed with mixture of ground beef, rice, herbs?? Huge portion. We have no room for dessert. If I had I would have gotten the pear dessert as it sounded great. Cost 71.50€/$83.80 Excellent, attentive service and fabulous hearty food.
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| Lemonade |
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| This guy was so warm and friendly! |
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Bread basket
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| Stuffed cabbage |
Uber back to the apartment. Cost 16.94€/$19.79 Tomorrow is the Louvre. I do find out that wheelchairs are available but Richard not interested in going. I'm disappointed but he does need to rest so........... Walked 2.31 miles today.
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