got back to France the other day and have been spending an enjoyable past few days. Went to Le pere lachaisse cemetary in Paris where Oscar Wilde and Chopin and many others are buried. As we were walking along, I past by the burial site of the sculptor Arman, which was pretty funny to see...I keep running into him in odd places and reminds me of my brother...saw the sculptures in Italy a few years back, then last year in France when I went champagne tasting there were special bottles designed by Arman, and now his burial site...don't jump for joy arman;) Also went to see Monet's garden which was beautiful...the flowers were all in bloom and the aroma was blissful. so many different flowers with wonderful color combinations and his pond was so wild yet beautiful. the house was interesting as well and his kitchen was my favorite...blue patterned tiles throughout with the copper pots hanging all along the wall and a huge, old really cool stove.
also went with Anne to see the museum quai branly which is one of my all-time favorite museums...it had objects (artistic and everyday) from all over the world, organized by region. It was really cool to see them and learn about different parts of the world and what they used stuff for. I def need to go back some day and spend more time there...they had a very nice mix of artifacts, descriptions, and then video and sound....they had video footage of rituals and dancing and fighting and lots more..and then they had music and singing and such. they had rooms that you were surrounded on three sides with different films showing clips from the people and then music from the region playing. it was very well done. they had another area with tvs with touch screens that you could go and look up topics about cultures from the various regions. it was quite interesting to see the contrast and similarities between the different regions. they definitely could expand it more in the future and things from more cultures, but as is it took the better part of the day to go through. but I'm dying to go back. plus the building itself is pretty cool...designed by the french architect jean nouvel, the same guy who designed the new guthrie, it is a pretty cool building. if you're into that stuff, I'd highly recommend it...it's a nice break from the painting museums.
We had lunch at the museum cafe, sitting outside we were close by to the eiffel tower and had superb view of it...made for a very pleasant atmosphere. have a few more days in france before I'm off to Iran for a few weeks.
btw, uploaded pictures from my travels so check them out on my picasa site, found on the left hand column of this page.
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