For our last day in Paris we went off to the Orsay Museum. Andrea had been talking about this museum ever since we landed in Paris! So away we went. The museum was originally an old train station that was then transformed since they didn’t know where else to out all of their artwork master pieces. Seems like it worked out, Andrea says that it’s a very famous museum in the ‘museum world’; she would know. Now in all honesty I was a bit apprehensive about going to a museum specializing in art, but i enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. First if all the interior was stunning, and I had downloaded a audio guide to help me out. The space was very well organized in that there were distinct sections and areas for a different type of artwork. I feel like are walking through I was able to gain a somewhat understands between impressionist and realist artwork. I also became a fan of Edgar Degas’s work. One of his muses was ballet dancers, however he liked it paint them when they were at their most authentic. For instance in instead of capturing dancers in beautiful poses, he paints them when they are stretching or in the corner of the room practising.
Afterwards we headed towards the river and grabbed another one if Vins typical French Lunches, aka a baguette and cheese. We’ve come to realize that things here are organized a little different in terms of restaurants. For example when we went out for crepes the whole street was nothing but creperies! Walking it the river we passes a street that had nothing but Japanese restaurants, and when we were looking for a bakery there were none along any streets until, we found a street that had tons of them on it! Once we finished up with lunch we made our way back to the Hester and grabbed out things to go on and catch the Eurostar.
This has a been a pert of the trip that I have felt very anxious about. The train that we will be taking us will be going under yes UNDERWATER through the English Channel! The security was more strict than I expected it to be. Nether less we made it to London. The train ride didn’t feel much different than usual, the only thing is that there was no view for the majority of the ride and that my ears were popping nonstop from the changes in pressure.
After we made our way to our hostel for the next few days we went out to explore the area. It seems like a young area, there were many restaurants and pubs that were all full. Around this time I realized how nice it is to be a country were I am actually able to speak the language! Along the walk I noticed that the architecture is so much different here, specifically it is all brick. We continued walking along the Thames River, and since its a Saturday evening there was a lot going on! There were many street performers, vendors, street food and even a skateboard park. We made our way back to our hostel room to discover that our other roomies are all Canadians. Round two sleeping in a Canadian only room!