Paris in January

4 February 2024

I spent two weeks in Paris while Cara taught a study abroad course. It was delightful! Lots of croissants, coffee, art, walking — generally just wandering and exploring.

Arc de Triomphe Café Blanc, a small spot I found for breakfast Louvre Pyramid through a walkway Winged Victory of Samothrace at Louvre The Basket of Wild Strawberries at Louvre Light snow in Paris Passages couverts de Paris (a “covered passage”) Montmartre street

We spent a weekend in Alsace, a wine region in eastern France near the German border. Strasbourg had some amazingly filling food; Colmar was idyllic; and we wandered through Eguisheim, a tiny village with plenty of small shops and family vineyards.

Strasbourg Colmar Eguisheim fountain Eguisheim street Eguisheim vineyard

Back in Paris, we found a Van Gough exhibit at the Musée d’Orsay; learned how to bake croissants (and enjoyed tasting them!); I took a day-trip to Normandy to explore Mont Saint-Michel; we explored an exhibition on Mark Rothko; and otherwise wandered the streets eating crepes in search of museums.

Van Gough Van Gough cat Croissant - before Croissant - after The Eiffel Tower Rodin’s Le Penseur Normandy Mont-Saint-Michel Paris Metro Coffee at Le Peloton Cafe Rothko A morning coffee in a tiny shop somewhere in Paris Morning light Selfie in front of the Eiffel Tower Hermann Nitsch works at Musée de l’Orangerie « In Lovely Blueness » at Musée de l’Orangerie Les Fous De L'île, our final dinner in Paris

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