It Was a Free Museum Day in Paris

And we felt unfettered and alive until it started to rain. Luckily we had one umbrella between us, and the rain was brief. Entry to most museums is free the first Sunday of the month, but we didn't want to go to one of the major ones like the Louvre or the Orsay, thinking that the lines would be too long. Instead we visited the Musée Eugène Delacroix, a small museum a few blocks from our apartment. Delacroix is best known for the painting Liberty Leading the People, which hangs in the Louvre:


The sun had come out while we were in the museum, so after we left we decided to take a stroll along the Seine. We ended up in the Square du Vert Galant, a tiny park in the middle of the river:


Still feeling a little jet-lagged, we had only enough energy for one more museum, so we chose the Cluny, which is also very close to our apartment. Although we've been there many times before, we can never get enough of that lady with her unicorn:


We've been promised that our luggage will be delivered this evening, so we're keeping our fingers crossed. A bientôt!