The next morning we walked over to see if we could get into the D'Orsay museum to see if we could get into the (supposedly) sold out Picasso "Blue and Rose" show.
We could not get in.
But we walked over to the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) where they have a tourist bureau, which sold us tickets for the next day.
So then we walked to the Picasso Museum, newly reopened.
On the way, we saw our only indication of the Gilet Jaunes, or yellow vests. And this was really about squatters. The sign says something like, "Mr Macron, stop punishing the poor!" which sort of sums up the Gilet Jaune argument overall.
We got to the Picasso Museum, and it is amazing. Completely redone from the last time we saw it. The sad thing is that the last time you saw a lot of the house that was the museum, now that has pretty much disappeared behind the art.
The are was great.
This is about all you saw of the building:
and so, apparently, did Picasso:
This is the Hotel de Sens, which we passed on our way back to the apartment. It's very old.
That night we tried to visit a restaurant run by a friend. He happened to be on vacation, but we did get to see the Champs Elysees:
and the, of course, the Eiffel Tower.
Since we had no dinner reservations, we decided to stop at a place in the Quai Branly Museum called Les Ombres, which I think means "The Shadows". It had quite a view!
We were there long enough to see the Eiffel Tower light show twice:
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