Author Archives: Clay
Day 27: Flea Bites (Picpus)
May 1st is Labor Day in France, so everyone has a holiday. I scheduled a walking tour with Paris Greeters, which is this service where natives of Paris will take you on a historical/social walking tour of parts of the city for free. The walk I was schedule for was through the old village of […]
Day 26: Wandering
Monday, pre-work, was spent wandering through the city trying to find some items I was tasked with bringing back from Paris for a friend of my dad’s. At the same time, I was looking for interesting things to bring back for MYSELF. As always, I had my camera with me, and stopped when I stumbled […]
Day 25b: Eux 2 – le boogaloo électrique
Post beers with Naomi, I headed over to Place Pigale for a coffee, then hit Théâtre Le Bout again for another episode of Eux – Compagnie d’Improvisation‘s Les improbables aventures des Eux. Again, I understood about 8 to 10% of the dialogue. This show was a bit more complex, but I was still able to […]
Day 25: Cité de la Musique
Had a meeting set up with Naomi to meet at la Cité de la Musique to go see the Bob Dylan exhibit there. I was up and ready a bit early, so I walked down to la Bastille and lo and behold, THE BIGGEST FREAKIN FARMERS MARKET I’D EVER SEEN!! Wandered up and down it’s […]
Day 24: Rainy Saturday
I woke up Saturday morning REALLY sad. 1 week left. It went so fast. I didn’t want to go home. It was looking like it was going to be a day of moping around the apartment with my broody face on, but I decided to force myself out into the open, despite the persistent rain […]
Day 23: The Opera House
Along with the bonus of skipping the line at Museé d’Orsay, my ticket also got me a discount on a self guided tour at the Paris Opera House. Now, I’d been by the building the other day, and it was HAWESOME. And there were some models of the building at d’Orsay, which just spurred my […]
Day 22: Museé d’Orsay
So apparently the third time *IS* a charm. Took my ticket from l’Orangerie to door C and got into d’Orsay without having to stand in the (yet again) gargantuan line. No photographs in the museum, of course. But that didn’t stop me from taking some. 🙂 I spent most of my time in the Impressionists […]
Day 21c: I’m on a Boat!
So I snuck out of work for a few hours to run up to see more Improv. Don’t worry, I worked late when I got home to make up for it. This time, it was The Improfessionals performing their own format “Impro Flicks.” It was a short form format where each actor took a turn […]
Day 21b: The Grocery Store
There are two grocery stores near me. Each of them is about a block and a half in opposite directions. I tend to go to Monop because the staff is friendlier. I ran out tonight to get snacks, and wanted to make a few observations about the grocery store itself. These things also apply to […]
Days 20 & 21: In which our hero tries (and fails) to get into Musée d’Orsay (twice)
I launched from my domicile with Museum Spelunking in my heart on Tuesday morning. Hopping on the 1 train, I made my way to the Louvre-Rivoli stop, crossed the river, and walked along the Seine until I found myself at the Musée d’Orsay. And what I found there shocked me. The line was totally redonkulously […]