Musee de Tuesday

I am nearly too tired to blog but if I don't do it tonight I will have two days tomorrow...and tomorrow is my birthday...and I don't need extra 'work' on my birthday.. Today was a pretty fabulous day in Paris.. A little rainy/drizzly but not cold..We slept in...made eggs in the morning..then headed to the Metro. Along the way we stopped at a baby boutique that was having a sale and bought a couple of gifts for some babies we know that are coming in the new year...In the metro station we met a jack russell terrier..he wanted to play with Grace's stuffed cat on the train..it was cute..We changed trains and on the next train there were two musicians playing- one clarinet and one sax...they sounded incredible.. (usually it is extremely QUIET on the train)..I took a little sideways video...We took the metro to the Musee de Orsay...then spent the afternoon taking in the amazing works of Van Gogh, Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, etc...Grace loved all the marble sculptures..We had lunch in their 'cafeteria'- ordered quiche but they were out so instead she brought us some mushroom soup (sadly G didn't like it) and a 'tart' with chicken and salmon. It was very French. I liked the chicken side better than the salmon side.. I swear I don't know how the French stay so slim when every restaurant also gives you a basket full of bread with your meal! (no butter though...) When we had our full of art for the day we headed back towards the metro station. We stopped in a souvenier shop and met a man with a Tibetan Terrier named "Osgood". He used to live in the states (the man) and that is where he got Osgood. He loved that I was a vet and asked why his dog's hind legs sometimes shook. He said he never had a dog before him and didn't know what he was going to do without him when he died.. It was so sweet. Then we walked past a patisserie and went in to buy some treats...pomme tart and framboisine...mmmmm....
The metro line went to Abbesses at Montmartre so I decided we should head over there...we took the little train (funiculaire) up to the foot of the Sacre Couer and took in the amazing view and sunset....Then we walked to the Place de Tertre where the artists are ... most were wrapping it up for the day as it was getting dark (sad for me because I really want to find a painting to take home)...Grace had to use the bathroom so we found a restaurant to have dinner in..We ordered a margarita pizza and chicken with frites and french onion soup (that wasn't very nice)..Grace loved the pizza though.. And the service was very friendly.. And we used their bathroom twice.. We checked out some souvenier shops...(at this point I have about a million postcards to write and send!)...and headed back to the metro..Once back safe and sound at our apartment we ate our treats and played 'Old Maid'...Grace won both games.. In the morning we are going to see a special Renoir exhibit at the National Gallery and walk over to the Louvre..Grace has been asking to go see the Mona Lisa EVERY day! We also got good news today...Our cousin Bob is getting discharged from the rehabilitation hospital... Happy Birthday eve to me!