Manet and Monet and Degas...Oh My!!

Things I would like to mention, but haven't quite fit into my previous blogs:
-Paris has a lot of talented musicians! They play in the metro system at big stations. I saw an 8 person orchestra! I watched them play Canon in D and Fur Elise before running to my train. Today, I saw a really cool French Polynesian group. Theyre had five members and the coolest part was this guy who was playing a wooden flute! The other day I saw a man who parked his piano at a busy street corner and was playing a ton of great stuff! It's neat to see so many different types of music being performed for free around the city!
-There are a tonnn of dogs here! Not stray dogs, just dogs walking around with their owners...in the metro trains, in the stores, in cafes, etc. The funny thing is, is that out of the dozens of dogs I've seen, only like 5 of them HAVEN'T been yorkies!!
-The Eiffel Tower has lights on it that twinkle every hour, on the hours from nightfall until about 1 in the morning. It's really cool!!
-The only time I speak English is when I skype with my parents, chat with people online, and write these blogs!
-A girl came up to me on the street and asked me where this certain store was becuase she totally thought I was French! Cool, huh?!

Let's see...Wednesday, I had my literature class (which was fun!) and then did laundry (which was not fun!). It is expensive to do laundry here!! It cost me 4 euros per load to wash! The dryer was free though. But still! That's a lot of money!!
Thursday (today) my class went to the Musee D'Orsay! I've been there before, but I think I enjoyed it more this time. I saw several works of Monet, Manet, Degas and Van Gogh! The last time I went, you were allowed to take pictures, but now they're super strict about not letting you take any at all! So I ended up sneaking some! (Don't tell!) The museum was undergoing some rennovations, so some of the paintings weren't on display. I was really looking forward to seeing Whistler's Mother again, but it wasn't out. Neither were most of Monet's ballerina paintings. It was still a great time though! For the first 2 hours, we had a guided tour...in French. and I was surprised that I understood most of what the guide was saying! Hooray!
Musee D'Orsay was fabulous overall. I liked it more than the Louvre.
Tomorrow I am taking a day trip to Normandy...a region northeast of Paris. I will be going to Caen, then taking a train ride to see the D-day beaches.

A toute a l'heure!
Briana