Then Place des Vosges and Musee Carnavalet. A 16th century mansion now devoted to the history of Paris and the French Revolution. This is a fantastic museum for anyone interested in French history, as Philip is; best of all it is free admission.
Lunch at Bofinger, a historic bistro like Le Grand Colbert and La Couple.We continue our walk and enter Musee Picasso with a special exhibition of Carmen, which draws on the theory that Picasso was intrigued or obsessed by the character from the Opera of the same name during his early years and then again in the 1950s. Picasso is such a complex and interesting character and a most prolific painter.
We have seen the Picasso Musee in Antibes many times but this exceeds it many times. Someone like him could never have lived and expressed his creativity in Australia at the time he lived. Philip is obviously very impressed because he goes crazy in the souvenir shop.We continue our Guided Walk and head to Yvon Lambert galleries with latest avant-garde art by local artists. This area is full of many private galleries - mostly modern. One could wander here and gallery hop for days. We see historic buildings Hotel de Rohan and Hotel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, neither of which are open to the public. We re-visit Rue des Rosiers, the Jewish area.
Out of time to complete our walk, which must happen on another day, we return home at 7 pm and stir fried snow peas with garlic for dinner.
