Thanks for all the kind words!
My latest post on a day spent first in the Marais, eating falafel and shopping for Passover pastries, and then at the Musee de l'Orangerie, finally: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...ais-monet.html

lovely description of the Orangerie, sharbear. I STILL haven't got there, we just seem to run out of time each trip.

we did see most of the works at the Monet exhibition last year, though, and [probably, though it's too long ago to remember it in detail] in the old Jeu de Paume museum that preceded the musee d'orsay. [I know, I don't look THAT old, do I?]

Again, a nice blog and shots. Yes, just the size of the Monets is impressive, and the works on the lower level of the Orangerie are wonderful.

Where do "we" go next?

Reading about your experiences in Paris is such a delight, sharbear! I'm enjoying every word.
For some reason I teared up when I enlarged the photo of the Jardin des Tuileries pond/fountain. Paris is just so beautiful!
Thank you so much.

Great post about rue des Rosiers and the Orangerie. There are a few paintings by Chaïm Soutine downstairs, a painter that I have always admired. Oddly enough, I see his daughter every day when I visit my mother in her nursing home. She is a lovely old woman with a lot of incredible anecdotes. I don't know why she is in a municipal nursing home when the value of a single painting by her father could pay for 50 years in a nursing home.

I wrote a report about Soutine once: http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...ay&thread=1036

I saw that there is currently an exhibition devoted to Modigliani and Soutine at the Pinocothèque private museum. It just started and will run until September 9. I will try my best to go there.

http://www.pinacotheque.com/

I am enjoying your photos of Paris in the spring---we always go to Paris in Sept. so it has a different look. The food photos just make me want to be there right now. I think I'll go out & buy a lottery ticket, haha!

Last Sept. we did like the Canal St. Martin boat ride, but I would only suggest it on a beautiful day. The beginning from the Bastille, the underground part, the first lock, and the end in the basin were so interesting. The middle locks got a bit slow & long---so my recommendation to go on a beautiful day and enjoy the view.

Last Sept. we did like the Canal St. Martin boat ride, but I would only suggest it on a beautiful day>>

I completely agree, TPAYT. in the summer, it might be nice to get off at the Parc de Villete [they will stop the boat there if anyone wants to alight] and explore there, rather than waiting til it gets back to the basin just below the park where the trip ends.

Great report as is your blog. The photos of Canal Saint-Martin are compelling as is the restaurant! Bookmarking for our May visit! Thanks SharBear

Enjoying your blog and the comments here. Thank you for sharing your experiences and impressions. I am eagerly anticipating my week in Paris at the end of April; a whole month would be sooooo much better!

Waiting for your heavy rain report on Tuesday!

Kerouac - Did you ever do a report on the 19th arrondissement as the current center of Jewish life in Paris?

I just reread your piece about Mme Soutine. Are you still visiting with her? What a story.

Annhig, it took a fourth visit to Paris for me to get to L'Orarngerie, but it is worth it!

Annhig, it took a fourth visit to Paris for me to get to L'Orarngerie, but it is worth it!>>

one day, Denise, one day - perhaps i'll have to resort to going back to Paris by myself.

Kerouac - I know, the forecast looks terrible. Not happy about it. Am intrigued on a possible report from you on Jewish life in the 19th arr?

We didn't do much this weekend, we were exhausted from Passover seders that went late. Although we did stumble on this AMAZING park that is sort of underneath the streets, I think it's called the Promenade Plantee. I think one of my missions on this trip is to visit as many parks as I can, but I will need the weather to cooperate. It's been so...grey.

Looked up Promenade Plantee - very nice. Looks like NYC's High Line :)

Iantana - exactly what I was thinking! It's like the low line though, ha. We were just wandering around Paris and there it was. They don't seem to make a big deal about these things here the way the high line was such a big deal when it first opened in NYC. It's just, oh yeah, here's another gorgeous green space in the middle of the city. Ah, paris...

sharbear - have you seen Kerouac's report on the Promenade Plantée?

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ade-plante.cfm

You are giving me so many ~fresh~ ideas for my July trip, sharbear. Thank you so much. I'd already planned to do an evening Seine cruise but - thanks to your recent post - I plan to cruise the Canal St. Martin, too.
I'll hope to find the Promenade plantée as well. I LOVE parks and find that they're such a great way to get to know a city.
Have fun!

I did make a report of the Jewish part of the 19th, but I wasn't really satisfied with the photos, so I never really brought it up again.

http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...ay&thread=5603

lantana - if you are going to do the canal st. martin, get the brochure of the company that does one [we picked them up from their ticket office on the Seine] or book through their website, to get €4 off per person.

if you go the paper route, make sure that you have one brochure per person - you need one each to get the discount. Here's the link:

http://www.canauxrama.com/e_index.html