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October 5 - What to do on a rainy Saturday in Paris? Visit a museum. We loved the

Musée Marmottan-Monet.

ABOVE LEFT - Singing in the rain

ABOVE MIDDLE - Sculpture in the Jardin du Ranelagh

ABOVE RIGHT - Walk in the Jardin du Ranelagh

ABOVE LEFT - The Musée Marmottan-Monet was the home of Paul Marmottan.

Upon his death the home and its furnishings plus art collections were bequeathed

to the Academie des Beaux Arts. In 1966, Paul Monet donated the paintings

he inherited from his father to the museum, making it the largest Monet collection

in the world. Donations of other Impressionist painters have also been made.

ABOVE MIDDLE - This outstanding Impressionist treasure is further enriched by works

from Delacroix, Boudin, Manet, Degas, Caillebotte, Sisley, Pissarro,

Gauguin and Rodin, with Chagall representing the modernist period.

ABOVE RIGHT - The magnificent townhouse with its perfectly preserved Empire-style decor.

ABOVE LEFT - the small or ancillary rooms (kitchens, bathrooms, etc.)

disappeared in order to create bigger spaces and facilitate visitor circulation.

ABOVE MIDDLE - Left - La Lecon de Piano by Gustave Caillebotte.

Right - Portrait de Julie Manet by Auguste Renoir.

ABOVE RIGHT - Left - Portrait de Madame Claude Monet by Auguste Renoir.

Right - Gueridon, Anonyme

ABOVE LEFT - Bois Pres d’Oele 1908 by Piet Mondrian. The temporary exhibit is a

collection of paintings by Mondrian (1872-1944) showing his evolution over the years.

In his 1907-08 period he began using bright and strongly contrasting colors.

In this painting the trees are aflame with the rays of sun that

pierce the clouds - the beginning of his luminism period

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Left - Moulins dans la Clarte du Soleil 1908. Many Mondrian

paintings were of scenes in the Netherlands where he lived for many years.

Right - Devotion - 1908. Mondrian experimented

with figurative paintings for a few years.

ABOVE RIGHT - Ferme pres de Duivendrecht 1916

ABOVE LEFT - Moulin sous le soleil

ABOVE MIDDLE - Moulin le soir

ABOVE RIGHT - In 1919 Mondrian executed his first abstract works and his approach

was purely spiritual. This self-portrait done in 1918 has an abstract background

ABOVE LEFT - Two of Mondrian's early cubist works.

ABOVE MIDDLE - Mondrian's Composition avec Grille 8 : 1919

ABOVE RIGHT - This Neoplasticist composition is shown in France for the first time

in this exhibit. It is undoubtedly the most recognizable of Mondrian‘s works.

ABOVE LEFT - Fred with Claude Monet

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Champ de Tulipes en Hollande - 1886, by Claude Monet

ABOVE RIGHT - Vallee de Sasso by Claude Monet

ABOVE LEFT - Nympheas 1914-17 = Water Lilies - one of many in the collection.

ABOVE MIDDLE - La Maison de lArtiste Vue de Jardin Aux Roses

 - view of Monet's house and roses in the garden 1922-24

ABOVE RIGHT - Saule Pleureur et Bassin aux Nympheas 1916-19

Weeping willow and water Lilies

ABOVE LEFT - Close-up of tree in painting showing the many layers of paint

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Fred gazing upon Monet ‘s paintings

ABOVE RIGHT - At the Eiffel Tower

ABOVE LEFT - The living wall

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Paris apartment building

ABOVE RIGHT - Love the old buildings

ABOVE LEFT - The Eiffel tower from the Trocadero

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Such a typical Paris cafe

ABOVE RIGHT - Now for a little boule

ABOVE LEFT - Hotel des Invalides - military museum

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Park along the Seine

ABOVE RIGHT - Pont Alexander III

ABOVE LEFT - View from the Pont Alexander III

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Another view of the bridge - Pont Alexander III and Grand Palais

ABOVE RIGHT - Great dinner at Le Potage du Marais

ABOVE LEFT - Our vegan meal

ABOVE MIDDLE  - We were lucky to be in Paris for the annual Nuit Blanche, White Night

on Saturday. A 3 hour parade began at 7pm, then for the next 12 hours, there were

light shows, entertainers, and music venues in many locations. Really fun and lively!

ABOVE RIGHT - Lots of giant balloons in the parade. These were part man, part horse

ABOVE LEFT - On her shirt it says “Yes to All” - no idea what it means,

but I liked the balloon.

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Colorful and strange floats

ABOVE RIGHT - Giant snake making its way along the parade route.

ABOVE LEFT - Not sure what these are

ABOVE MIDDLE  - Neon float

ABOVE RIGHT - Neon lights, Christmas lights, quite a float

ABOVE LEFT - On our walk back to the hotel

ABOVE MIDDLE  - On Rue de Rivoli in the Marais District

ABOVE RIGHT - Statue in the center of Place du Republique