Musée d'Orsay Museum to Montmartre district in Paris, France - David Lindahl Site

Paris, Day 4. This was our final full day as we were leaving the next morning to head to Bordeaux, France for Bastille Day. We stopped in at the Musée d’Orsay for viewing their evolution of Impressionist work as well as seeing some Van Gogh (a few paintings highlighted here). We captured some other sights and hung out in the Montmartre district and enjoyed some great food at a Brazilian restaurant. Paris is rich with history, culture, fashion and gourmet food.

The Musée d’Orsay from across the river. It was converted into a museum from a former railway station. It holds mostly French art.

Here is the main interior floor of the Musée d’Orsay; it’s very striking for a museum and very open in a different way.

The next few are some various styles of impressionism. The top here is Henri-Edmond Cross and the bottom is Georges Lemmen.

A painting by Georges Seurat.

One of Monet’s paintings from the Rouen Cathedral series.

A painting by Monet that isn’t as common as some of his others.

Probably one of Renoir’s most famous paintings.

Yes, it’s a Van Gogh.

One painting by Camille Pissarro.

An Edgar Degas painting. I believe I saw some watercolors of his in Italy about 8 years ago and they were amazing. Maybe, more affordable too?

There is a beautiful, old clock at the top of the museum and I just thought it might be neat to see if I could capture a part of the view.

Here is the full view from the terrace atop the museum.

The Pont des Arts. Although the city keeps trying to clean off “love locks”, it still hasn’t deterred tourists nor has it deterred the people who sell the locks on the bridge itself. We didn’t partake in this activity.

I saw a few of these types and thought they were cool.

A nice flyover in the early evening before Bastille Day as we were entering the Jardin des Tuileries. I wonder if it was a practice run.

L’église de la Madeleine, a catholic church built by Napoleon to honor his troops.

I can’t remember the name of this mall, but it was next to the Paris Opera and the roof had just been redone apparently, but spectacular to say the least. They even had a glass viewing deck that went out towards the center so people could get better picture of themselves with the roof, etc. There was a line folks, so no, we didn’t wait to get a better shot.

These are the floors. I felt like it was too fancy as though it were some high end store. Although, I have to admit that in the children’s section there was a Neiman Marcus.

The Sacré-Cœur in Paris. There is a funicular that will take you up, but we decided to take the steps up.

Sacré-Cœur once you reach the top. It has some stupendous views of the city.

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