Day Nine : More Monuments & Museums

We went to see Napoleon’s Tomb at Les Invalides and there was state funeral also happening.  Ten French soldiers were killed in Afghanistan and were being brought home today.  There was amazing police presence and we even saw a couple snipers on a rooftop.  President Zarkosy was soon to be arriving and many people lined the streets.   We eventually walked around and got into Napoleon’s Tomb (thanks Museum Pass!)

Next we went to Musée Rodin where a lot of the scultures were outside in a garden and aswell indoors.   Rodin had even owned some Van Gogh and Renoir paintings which were all in the museum.  It looked like most if not all of the works were donated by him a year before his death in 1917.

Lastly we headed towards La Cinémathèque Française in the 12th district.   During transit we realized there were a few metro stations that were under construction and we decided to hop onto the replacement bus route.  The transit company was well prepared as 2-4 buses were always in line ready.   When we reached Bercy we saw that the Cinémathèque was closed.  Luckily it was right beside a park where we found many small surprises such as a fountain, some international sculptures, a skateboard park and a little garden with a vineyard.

We headed home and bought some baguettes for dinner.  Everyone here buys baguettes and many of them eat them as-is while they’re walking…

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