Pompidou again

Since we had the museum pass today we decided to revisit the Pompidou again as we had done with the Louvre but this time we went on the second gallery floor instead of the first. When we walked in this time something was different than before and it almost scared us coming in. It was a Louise Bourgeois sculpture, installed in advance of her exhibition opening March 5.

-A

 

Back at the Louvre

Today we went to the Louvre for a third time because we have the museum pass today. But this time we took pictures so you too could enjoy the artwork. Also some of the pictures aren’t as high quality because of uncontrollable variables (crowds, poor light, etc.)

-A

 

Musée des Arts et métiers

Along with lots of little boys and a few girls we visited the Musée des Arts et métiers which has this very stylish early airplane. Made of trenchcoat fabric and exquisitely detailed with feather propellers it resembles a bat. Clément Ader designed it. He flew an earlier version of this plane thirteen years before the Wright Brothers and described the concept of an aircraft carrier in 1909.

We also saw lots of models of work spaces with tiny tools, like this woodshop.

‘A’ was surprised at the size of Telstar. Evidently he thought a satellite would be much larger than an exercise ball.

I enjoyed seeing a treadle sewing machine very much like one I bought with babysitting money when I was ‘A’s’ age. We talked about how the mechanism has not changed and the convenience of sewing without electricity.

-B

Dinner at Le Petit Pontoise

Le Petit Pontoise

Today we had dinner at Le Petit Pontoise which was really really good. I had the fillet of beef in a ‘gourmande’ sauce, the meat was perfectly cooked and the sauce that was poured over it was even better. Just as before, we took a photo of the menu beforehand and translated it so we didn’t wind up having pig jowls or liver stuffed with figs.

-A