Paris - Day 6

08-28: It is raining this morning, not as hard as it did last night waiting for the cabaret to open. We had tickets for two museums today; we only made it to one. I blame it on too much rich food and wine! Anyway, we thoroughly enjoyed the L’Orangerie Museum. The ground floor is dedicated to Monet’s Water Lily collection. These are the huge painting he did while in Giverny. These are always enjoyable to see and experience. Downstairs they have a collection of Master Painters: Works by prominent artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and André Derain. We were undecided about what to do so we went for our usual choice of Rue Cler. When we arrived in our Uber, it still wasn’t raining so we had a nice walk around the area. We stopped at Maison Julien to get a couple quiche for tomorrow. We love this bustling street in the 7th arrondissement. It was and still is one of the best foodie streets in Paris. Celebrated cook and author Julia Child was a regular! She would come here to pick up her ingredients – and flirt with her favorite butcher. “Every woman must kiss her butcher,” she quipped. Of course, much has changed since Julia’s post-war Paris, but rue Cler has maintained its gourmet credentials. It is highlighted in Rick Steves books, which is when we heard about it back in 2009. We walked on and decided to stop for a beverage at Le Roussillon restaurant. It claims to be a stone’s throw away from the Eiffel Tower. I have never seen anyone throw a stone that far. But it is close by, just a 15-minute walk. The food smelled so good we got hungry and ended up eating an early dinner there. It was delicious! Stuart had the French Onion Soup and I had the Cheese Burger. France is one of the few places you can get a medium-rare burger! Another lovely day in Paris! Eiffel Tower view from L’Orangerie Museum.