To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we are headed to Paris. We’ve never been there so it seemed like the perfect time to go. It won’t be warm in Paris but right now Massachusetts is frigid. Forty to fifty degrees will feel balmy.
Selling our house in Cranford NJ and moving to a new home in Framingham MA has been exhausting. We are looking forward to just taking it slow and enjoy what Paris has to offer.
I do love that emergency exit row.
After taking the metro from the airport we dropped off our luggage at our hotel and walked over to the Musee d’ Orsay. The top floor had many paintings by Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir and many more artists from the 1870s to the early 1900s.
Very tired at this point since neither of us slept well on the red eye flight from Boston. Getting much needed rest at Hotel du Danube in the St Germain district on the left bank of Paris.
Visiting Paris in January/February does have its advantages as we are not fighting the huge crowds and lines that they would have in the summer months
We decided late to go find an interesting French restaurant for dinner close to our hotel. We decided on Racines des Prés. I saw that they had counter seating where you could watch them cook. When we got there, they had a surprise menu where the chef determined what to give you. It was a great evening and a shout out to my brother in law Rob who taught me always to choose the counter….. that’s where you meet people.