Day Two in Paris

Actually Day One included an all night flight Dulles to Paris arriving by noon (Paris time). Chris and I were tired and took a short six-hour nap! Had just enough energy to find a lovely cafe for dinner and then back to sleep!  So our adventure really starts on Day Two!  Now!  The hotel was within walking distance of the Arc de Triomphe and this particular Hilton Hotel was a step back in time...like a movie set from the Pierrot character in Agatha Christie stories....beautiful to the last detail. This just added to the whole French experience for me...since I am such a Agatha Christie fan and Pierrot is my favorite or maybe Miss Marpl, but she doesn't fit in this scenerio.   The second day Chris and I walked 11,000 steps..in those steps included the Museum d'Orangiere that had been recently renovated including two special rooms to exhibit eight of Monet's waterlily panels in beautiful oval rooms.  Monet finished these panels just before his death and had directed their exhibition and gift to the French government.  He painted 250 waterlily paintings.  The eight panels each are appx. 25' long x 8' high. (you can see the scale with the photo of Chris above).   I was a little disappointed in the fact that the colors were more faded than I had expected.  Of course it was still a thrill to see them. More to come...when I have internet access a bit spotty here.