Nigel in Paris: post-impressionable pig

by MaryAnn Johanson
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So much walking in Paris! Sometimes you just have to sit down…

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…as we did on our way to the Musee d’Orsay.

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Where we found that — for the second day in a row! — museum workers were on strike. (More on the strike at The New York Times.)

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So instead we went — more walking! — to the nearby Musée de l’Orangerie, which features impressionist and postimpressionist works, such as by Cezanne…

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…and Modigliani:

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“That’s not a Picasso!” (That is indeed a Picasso, Nigel.)

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“Now that’s a Picasso!” (Yes, also a Picasso.)

We got a souvenir cup in the cafe!

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The highlight of the Orangerie, and the reason most people visit, is for the huge waterlilies paintings by Monet:

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“Let’s go for a swim!”

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Bluejay
Bluejay
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 1:53pm

Is that an art exhibit in the background in the first photo? Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Trash Cans”?

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