Saturday, May 16

Today was a lazy slow morning, a sign that we're wearing down a bit and really did a lot yesterday.  When we finally got ourselves going, we walked to the Musee Cognacq-Jay, a small  museum of artwork bequeathed to the city by Ernest Cognacq who founded the Samaritaine department store.  It is housed in a townhouse built at the end of the 16th C and has been open since 1990.  Most of the art is 18th C and their are some beautiful porcelain pieces and sculptures.  The building and furniture are always interesting to see.  We then walked to the Musee de la Poupee, a small museum devoted to dolls and doll houses.  Very interesting and I, as a collector of paper dolls, bought some in the gift shop.  Right ouside the museum is the Jardin of Anne Frank so we went through it before moving on to a church which was closed.  Luckily we were able fo hit several shops on our list along the way and we headed to the next goal, the Tour de Jean Sans Peur, built in 1408 by the Duc de Bourgogne as an addition to his home for protection.  Then walked rue Montorgueil, another pedestrian shopping street.  Stopped for a pizza at Le Brelan, really delicious , and took  the Metro home from Chatelet.  Picked up some bread and wine before going backt to the apartment for the night.

Carousel at Sacre Cour

Anne Frank museumdolls