Marmottan Monet Museum

Fred has been whining all week about wanting to eat the delicious elephant ears we've been seeing in the Boulangeries.  Finally on our last day, he succeeds!

Elephant Ears

If you only have time in Paris for a few sites, we recommend that the Marmottan museum be one of them.  Off the beaten path, on the west end of Paris,  a beautiful walk through the Bois de Boulonge park from the subway (metro) brings one to a former hunting lodge that now houses the largest collection of Monets in the world.

Aesop Statue - Boulonge Park, Paris

They had a temporary exhibit in the basement that compared and contrasted (just like in school) Monet's works to his contemporaries and later artists, both abstract and impressionists.  Unfortunately no pictures are allowed in the museum. Loretta is disappointed that the large Monet "Water Lilies" paintings are not at this museum but enjoys the rest of the works nonetheless.

The last dinner in Paris was at Comptoir de la Gastronomie restaurant in Les Halles area. Loretta enjoyed the foie gras ravioli with truffle butter sauce but was disappointed with dinner, which was a foie-gras type spread.

Comptoir de la Gastronomie