Lessons learned

If anyone had problems logging on today, it is due to the fact that we had attempted to place too many pictures on at one time. Usually B resizes them, but last night had not done so properly, so when he published them they ate all of the space! Sorry about that!
Today we had a free day to visit as many museums as we could with our one last day of our pass for the city. We started at the d'Orsay, and saw many Impressionist paintings. It was great because we got there right when it opened, so there weren't many people at all. We then ventured out into the rainy weather and were able to visit the tomb of Napolean, which is housed in the complex of the Hotel de Invalides. B was quite impressed as he has learned much about this man in his classes. We then headed to the Rodin museum, and were able to see the Thinker, who was getting wet due to the rain. We also visited the Palais Luxembourg grounds, where there is a large garden area that is just beautiful when all the flowers are in bloom! We stopped next at the Pantheon, which is a monument built for the people of France. Inside there is a large pendulum, the largest in the world in fact! I was quite impresssed by this place! We ended our 11 hour day at the Pompidou Museum, which houses modern art. It was quite busy in there but still interesting to see the various forms of art. Tomorrow we will be catching up on homework all day, and then will end our stay in Paris with 3 days of class.