Went to Les Invalides (golden domed church, tombe de Napoleon).
You can see he was a bit of a cranky guy.Also, went back to Musee d'Orsay for their evening hours. Study in Grey and Black by James McNeill Whistler, I believe he is the only American painter with a work in the d'Orsay. He became an important member of the rebellious generation of artists and writers that spawned the impressionist movement in the 1860's and spent essentially all of his adult life living and working in Europe.
We also went to the home of Auguste Rodin, the acclaimed French sculptor. Got to see The Burghers of Calais (no, there's no cheese on these burghers), Le Pensur (the Thinker), The Kiss,
The Gates of Hell, Balzac, and many other great works. That's his home, Hotel Biron. A very nice place. The gardens are fabulous as you can see. It's so quiet and peaceful behind the stone walls that surround the garden that it's hard to remember you're in the middle of a city of 7 million.
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