But the Musee D'Orsay is something else (editor's note: this blogger has an unnatural attraction to this museum) and it's a few minutes walk from our apartment...
The Musee D'Orsay is a beautiful building (inside) and it has a wonderful collection of Impressionist Art (think: Monet, Manet, Renoir, Gaugin, Sisley, Degas and Van Gogh).
Let's have some photos do the talking:
Firstly the beautiful building (originally a train station, made redundant by electric trains which were too long for its platforms):
Secondly let some of the paintings do their talking (I didn't take too many as I felt I was being frowned upon):
Here is a Degas pastel - so delicate
Here is a Monet which is called "La Pie" meaning "The Magpie" - the bird is not exactly the focus of the painting - I felt a bit sorry for anyone who did not understand the French title describing the painting - perhaps Monet had a sense of humour !
However the exposition of the light on the snow is majestic:
Here's a famous Manet painting "Olympia" - shows great energy and attitude whilst wearing just an orchid
Finally, I reckon this painting is the one on every bottle of Santa Vittori mineral water in Oz !
Check out the image below - what do you think?
![Santa Vittoria Traditional Santa Vittoria Traditional](http://www.santavittoria.com.au/images/cnt_product_santaVittoria_full.jpg)
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