Je n'ai qu'une seule vie.: Loooooong Samedi

Saturday was such a good day. First, I got up and went for a run. Starting the day off right.

Then, I met Aubrey, Melissa, and Anna at Le musée d’Orsay, the impressionism art museum. The building is absolutely gorgeous, but no photography is allowed inside, which absolutely killed me. We saw works of Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, and so many more. It was really neat and I really enjoyed it. It was tiring and took a couple hours, but it was totally worth it. Students get in free, so I'm definitely going back. Hopefully my art history class will go there this semester.

I thought this one was especially pretty.

Here's a picture of me outside with a big version of Van Gogh's famous painting.
After going here, we went and grabbed lunch at a cute corner café where I got a delicious vegetable soup.

This weekend in France is what is called les Journées Européennes du patrimoine. It's basically when the government opens up all of these buildings that are normally closed to the public. It only happens once a year, so it's a pretty big deal. Aubrey and I decided to check out L'hôtel de ville, which is basically a really old beautiful government building in Paris. I believe the mayor works there. It was gorgeous inside and I'm so glad we went.

View out of the back - with Notre Dame in the background.

Then, we decided to go check out Chez Sarkozy. NBD. The President's house is only open these two days each year, so it's a really big deal. We headed over, waited in line for two hours in the cold, and finally got in! Sadly, Nicolas and Carla weren't there. It was SO neat. I guess the equivalent is going into the White House, except this is probably a bigger deal because you can take tours regularly of the White House. It was this beautifully, ornate building and we got to see his office and all sorts of rooms, from the massive dining rooms to the board rooms. I loved it and I'm so glad we waited in line to go in.