We first went to the Dali exposition which is located right next to Place du Tertre in Montmartre. To be honest, I've never heard of Dali before. You're probably right now thinking to yourself "Oh my God",but hey that's why I'm going to museums! To learn more about art and history hehe. When we got to the expo I right away recognized one of his famous art work which is the clock that is melting. I'm sure many of you know what I'm talking about, even I know about that art work... I didn't know who the artist was,but I knew about the work of art haha.
His art was quite interesting, very unique. What impressed me the most is that he used this technique were he drew everything with lines and if you look at it, it looks so simple but I'm sure if I were to try to draw with that technique, all you would see would be lines. After all, isn't that what artists do? They make something look so simple yet not everyone can do it. The expo wasn't very big, we took our time however and probably stayed for 1hr and a half.
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| The famous Mae West chair |
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| There was a lot of melting clocks |
We then went to the same restaurant I went last time I visited Montmartre (the place with the onion soup hehe) and I tried for the first time des escargots! (That is french for snails). Yes people, I tried snails! I never thought I would, but there I was savoring one of the most famous dishes of french cuisine.
Honestly, they weren't that great. They weren't slimy (thank God) and it felt like you were eating a mussel. The snail itself didn't taste like anything, all you could taste is the broth they cook them with which from what I could pick up had garlic and other herbs. I wasn't impressed but I wasn't grossed out either by the whole experience. I think that maybe it was the restaurant, perhaps if I go somewhere else they'll be better.
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| It was so hard to use that weird looking utensil. |
After eating lunch (late lunch actually, we ate around 3 and finished around 4) we decided to head to Musee d'Orsay. Unfortunately by the time we go there it was already 5 o'clock and they start kicking people out at 5:30. So we decided it would not be worth paying to just go for 30 min. Either way it didn't matter, we have 6 months to go visit! hahaha We were about to leave when I look at this building right in front of the museum and it looked like a quite fancy place so I decided to get closer to see what it was. Turns out it was the museum "Legion d'Honneur", which is a museum filled with medals from the military, different honor societies, different legions and from several parts of the world.
The museum was free and not very big, so even if they were closing in 40 min. we would probably get to see most of it. You might be thinking "What is so interesting about medals?" but trust me it really was interesting! A lot of them were beautiful, filled with diamonds, rubies, emeralds.... old school bling. I thought to myself how this must have been the "jewelry" for men back then.
Then they had this section where they had different medals from different countries which was really interesting because you got to see the difference from country to country. They had medals from China, Denmark, England, Ireland (most of Europe) and then they had medals from America (i.e: ALL of America, not just the States hehe).
I even found a medal from Canada and Quebec! It was so disappointing though. It was the simplest medal ever, and after seeing medals that were completely covered with diamonds....well lets just say it didn't impress. I wish I could post pictures but I didn't even take pictures! So sorry my followers, but here's a link to the museum website... they have a virtual tour if you really want to see what they were like.
I'm not sure if we got to see all of the museum. I thought we did but then as we were leaving I saw a staircase that lead to another floor, but they were closing so I didn't get to see if there was anything up there. I then went home to eat supper before I went on my first Parisian date. I was really nervous and kept thinking to myself "why am I even doing this?!" but I forced myself to go. If you are in Paris and are looking for a good place to go bar hoping go to St. Michel (close to St.Germain-des-Pres), because it an area that has a really fun "ambiance". But I do warn you, if you want to have a place to sit you have to go early, apparently people here go out early (before 9 because at nine all the bars are full), I thought it would be the opposite but I guess not. We went to this bar called " Les stages Germain" I think, and I would recommend it to anybody who wants to go have a drink with close friends and be able to talk.
Anyways, I have to go because I have my french class in an hour. I had an exam on tuesday and I think I failed! It's not because I didn't understand, I do, it's just I completely blanked out when I got the test (how typical of me). But hopefully I didn't fail! I'll let you know
Anyways, I have to go because I have my french class in an hour. I had an exam on tuesday and I think I failed! It's not because I didn't understand, I do, it's just I completely blanked out when I got the test (how typical of me). But hopefully I didn't fail! I'll let you know
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