We spent @5 hours at the Musee d' Orsay today. The Museum is huge and full of wonderful masterpieces. I am including many pictures and apologize for not labeling them. I did look at who the artists are but don't remember.  We splurged on lunch at the museum because of how impressive the room is. You'll see from the pictures.  

This evening we attended a choir concert held in Sainte-Chapelle Chapel.
 According to their website,
'The Schola de la Sainte-Chapelle is a small choir created in 2020 by Brigitte Lesne, who is responsible for its musical and artistic direction as well as the design of the programs, to devote itself to the sacred music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, in particular those that may have sounded under the vaults of the Sainte-Chapelle or in connection with its history. focused on the 13e, 14e and 16.
It was an incredible evening. The acapella group with occasional handbells, was magical in this beautiful Chapel. The only words we recognized were Halleluiah and Maria, but the majesty of the message came through. 
 We thought we would give being cultured a try today.


The 2 pictures above are of the Cathedral in Rouen we visited.

Notre-Dame
Fancy carrot soup

Above are pictures from lunch 

Random ballroom 

                                Mrs. Renoir


Sarah Bernhardt by Jean-Leon Gerome


                                 sculpture above by Herbert Ward
Musee d'Orsay

                                     Walk home by the Siene and Louvre during a brief shower










                                          Sainte-Chapelle Chapel Concert



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