Covered Shopping Arcades
We went to Printemps department store today and saw the fantastic restaurant with a cupola of stained glass. We weren’t the only ones taking photographs of this lovely area. We wandered around a few streets and shops before stopping for a sandwich for lunch.Printemps Restaurant (click on pic and it will open larger in a new window)
After lunch we headed down to the Jardin des Tuilleries and Musée de l'Orangerie which has Impressionist paintings by Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Monet, Renoir etc. Here there is a floor with 2 oval galleries devoted to eight giant panels of water lilies called Nymphéas which Monet donated to the state in 1922 as long as a suitable venue was found for their display.
Giant panels of Monet's Lillies at the L'Orangarie
We wandered through the courtyards of the Louvre – they really are amazing buildings
In front of the Pyramid at the Louvre
Dinner this evening was at Chartier, which had been recommended in a number of publications as an experience, rather than a gormet meal. The lamb chop was very rare, the snails great and the house red ok. This place can seat 300 and is essentially a hot seat restaurant; there was a queue of 50 people when we left.
We were seated alongside an older French couple with limited English, but we managed a pidgin French/English conversation. The whole room was talking and it gave the place great atmosphere. http://www.restaurant-chartier.com/www/visit/
It was a 20 glasses of wine night – but only because the wine glasses were only slightly bigger than golf balls! Apparently it was like having a 2oz beer.
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