Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Started with a Metro ride down to the 15th to Port de Versailles to find the Petite Ceinture. This is an old train line that used to all around the periphery of Paris. Now they are converting the right of way, where they can, to a hiking trail. The section I walked today was from the 15th-16th. Luckily I ran into a local right away and she guided me as to how to connect it with the Fondation Louis Vuitton museum. After a 20 minute bus ride and a lovely walk across the Bois du Boulange, there was the Museum, a typical Frank Gehry type building. This one looks like sails or a pile of sheets. In any case the visit exposition was a collection of impressionist paintings from a London based philanthropist and was varied and extensive. The LV museum runs its own shuttle to the Arc de Triomphe, so I took that and walked down the Champs Elysees. The damage from the Gilet Jaunes is fairly evident, but seems mainly targeted at banks. I did got the Castaredes Armangac store and their window was pretty destroyed. Anyway, after a lunch at a fairly good restaurant it was back to the apartment to regroup.

Bois du Boulonge on the way to Fondation Louis Vuitton

This is apparently the architect’s rendering for the building…. While the building looks very cool, it really misses the boat on a functional terrace with protrusions blocking the prime view towards the Eiffel Tower.

Lunch at Hortense, now that’s a rare cheeseburger (no bun).