A bientot

A bientot!

Our last day in Paris was incredible. We kicked it off with a café and pain au chocolate. Then it was off to the Rodin Museum. In case you ever want to visit the museum, it's located on Rue Varenne (just ask Jaime for directions!)


Jaime studied sculptor Auguste Rodin and his pupil Camille Claudel at MKA. The sculpture pictured above is called The Bourgeois de Calais. It's classic Rodin.

Jaime has visited the museum on several occasions. It was Rodin’s home and when he died, he left the mansion and its gardens to the state. Here I am , taking the time to literally stop and smell the roses.
We were lucky to see a wonderful, temporary exhibit on Camille Claudel. We both liked her sculpture, The Waltz and Rodin’s Le Penseur (Thinker) and The Kiss. If you want to learn more about Camille Claudel, you can rent the fantastic movie by the same name. It's excellent. It stars Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu. It was fun to watch young students sketching the statues in the gardens- perhaps one of them will become famous or the next Rodin.
(to be continued...)