23 July 22: So…what does “Free Day in Paris” look like? It started with a trip to Le Bon Marche department store…one of the oldest in the world…except much of the store was closed, I think due to HVAC issues. So we were restricted to the food and alcohol sections only. I was able to pick up some souvenirs and we met a gentleman who used to do wine classes in the States, and helped us pick some good inexpensive wines.

Then Tim wanted to check out a McDonald’s (he wants to try out McDonald’s in as many countries as possible) so we got our burgers, fries, and Heinekens for lunch.

Finally, Dave and I spent the afternoon at the Musée d’Orsay, and immersed ourselves in all the Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist art. We were there for about 2.5 hours and saw about half of the offerings…but we made sure to see the stuff that interested us the most. I should have foregone the Louvre in favor of seeing this entire museum, the Louvre was too overwhelming. The boys stayed closer to the apartment.

We will go out to one more nice dinner tonight…tomorrow we head to Berlin!!