May 2010
May 2010
Left Bank
✴Jardin du Luxembourg: We ate lunch of sandwiches from Paul’s, a nearby shop; other days, at a crêperie and a Vienamese restaurant.
✴Eugène Delacroix studio and home: with an interesting collection of his works
✴L'Hôtel National des Invalides: including Le musée de l'Armée and Napoleon’s tomb
✴Musée Rodin: Hôtel Biron and gardens, with sculptures in and out
✴Jardin des Plantes: botanical collections
✴L'Institut du Monde Arabe: the museum was closed, but there’s nice view from the terrace on the top floor
✴The Pantheon: with Foucault’s pendulum and tombs of French intellectuals and scientists, including Pierre and Marie Curie