I had been waiting for the perfect day to go to the Rodin museum, and today was that day. It was GorGeOus outside, and i had such a lovely romantic stroll... by myself... through the gardens, looking at Rodin's statues. Hotel Brion stands in the middle of the garden and holds thousands more of rodin's statues and paintings by van goh and monet. it had an old house smell that i really like, and the window's let in a breeze from the cool december air. I think this was my favorite museum in paris--i hate being inside for extended periods of time with crowds, so i loved that a lot of it was outside. i breathed in the fresh air, felt the sun on my face (i had forgotten what it looked like! it actually didn't rain tonight, for once!!), and walked over damp dirt in my cowboy boots, admiring the amazing work.
Most of Rodin's scultures are of people, nude, all in various positions. He really depicts emotion and the human body in a beautiful way. All of them were of the same subject yet they were so different and extraordinary. Seeing Rodin's work refreshes an appreciation and love for the body, and you walk out of the museum liking your soft tummy and nobby knees.
The museum is across the street from les invalides, sorrounded by busy city streets, but there was a lot of greenery at the museum. look! moss!
After the museum, i met up with Madeline at the Christmas Market on the champs d'elysee. lots of tackiness and chocolate and sausages and 65 euro house shoes and matrushka dolls. needless to say, we loved it.
Tis the Season.
On anther note, we are sooo excited to see everyone at home! It truly has been too long. We're excited about that, but it was sad to say good bye to our friends here.
We've met some really amazing people, and i don't want to get into it because i'm already emotional and i want to prevent this blog from being one of those emo-ey ones, if it isn't already, so that's that. We will miss them.
And this city.
SMB
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