Europe Trip. Day 2: Paris, France

A city of romantics, art enthusiasts and museum lovers. With over 50 museums and monuments included in and around Paris, so we ought to get Paris Museum Pass and avoided the long queue especially at the Louvre. We bought the 2-days passes during our visit to Musee Rodin for 39 euros each.

The closest station to the museum is Varenne of metro 13. For your info, there are 16 lines, numbered 1-14 and two 3bis and 7bis. Its about 180 metres to the museum. We stopped for breakfast before got into the Musee Rodin line.

Simple French breakfast at Le Cafe de Musee

In the line waiting for the opening at 10 am

The Thinker, sculpture in its garden

Les Invalides dome, opposite the museum

Jacques de Wissant Monumental, 1888

Les Trois Ombres de Rodin also known as The Three Shaed

Portrait of Père Tanguy, 1887

Posing maut

We took a short break before heading to our next stops

Located opposite the Musee Rodin, Les Invalides containing museums and monuments, which entrances fees included in Museum Pass. We opted to start with Napoleon Tomb from the south entrance.

Ornate golden door at the Les Invalides entrance

The sarcophagus of Napoleon Bonaparte located in the middle of circular hall

Entrance to the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides

The dome symbolizes triumphs of French Baroque architecture.

Tomb of Napoleon 11, Les Invalides, Paris

Tomb of Ferdinand Foch - Dôme des Invalides

Les Invalides entrance from the south

Other that the tomb, the complex comprises of Musée de l'Armée, Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, which included in Museum Pass. We spent over an hour visiting from one museum to another.

The formal name of Les Invalides

Room of artillery models and figurines

We get into the museum from the backside.

Old cannon rattles along the corridor at the main courtyard

War trophies decorating inside the Saint-Louis-des-Invalides Cathedral

Main entrance of the Musée de l'Armée from the courtyard

The two museums facing each other

A tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France.

French's muskets

Old chair

Among the impressive wealth of ancient collections

Exhibits explaining the evoking knights since the St Loius Reign

We exited the complex from the northern frontage

As we strolled along Esplanade Invalides up to Pont Alexandre III, we saw many people relaxed in the open grass in the afternoon. Some of them having lunched. We joined the crowd for a while before crossing the Seine river to reach Grand Palais and Petit Palais on each side.

They were having packed lunch on the grass

We rather had lunch under shady trees

These man having fun time playing with spinning top

Gilded sculpture on the socle

The red bus tour around Paris city

The Grand Palais,  is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum

An art museum called Petit Palais

While enjoying greenery view of Av des Champs-Elysse, we walked to the end of Place de la Concorde, where Luxor Obelisque situated. To the northeast, facing Place de la Madeleine, mesmerized rue Royal replicate building.

In the Jardins des Champs-Élysées

At the end of street, Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

One of the Ancient Egyptian obelisks pair. The other one at Luxor Temple

It was Nu'man napping time so we skipped Musee de l’Orangerie located to south-east of Place de la Concorde. After a short rest, we took metro at Tuilereis heading to Charles de Gaulle-Etoile station. And then we climbed up the Arc de Triomphe and enjoyed the Paris Scene.

A must-visit site that included in the museum pass.

Then we walked along Av Des Champs-Elysees for window shopping. There were many high-end boutique elsewhere like , Av Montaigne & Rue du Faub Saint-Honore. Anyhow, we planned for shopping at designer outlets, that will be covered towards the end of this trip.

We called the day quite early since we had much yesterday. We packed for snack before we went back to the hotel in that afternoon.