After an eventful night last night at the hospital, I woke up this morning with a pounding headache. I guess my body is just getting use to all the drugs I've been feeding it. I looked out the window and saw wind and rain so I decided to sleep in a bit and wait for it to pass. By the time noon rolled around, the sun had come out and I was feeling a bit better. I made myself a good breakfast and then made my way to the Musée d'Orsay - a museum housed in a grand railway station built in 1900 that is home to many scultures and impressionist paintings (the largest collection in the world) including painters such as Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gérôme, Degas and Cézanne. It has become one of Paris' most popular museums and I was fortunate enough to spend my afternoon surrounded by these masterworks and learning about the different styles and time periods in art history. I also got to gage the kind of art I like best. I've realized that I really like the powerful use of contrasting light, whether it be one beam of light highlighting a small area of the painting or a more pronounced use of light to show a beautiful sunset. I've included a few of my favorite paintings in the post. 
After a couple of hours in the museum, I was craving a big bowl of pho. I remembered Shota's girlfriend saying that there are good places in la Quartier Chinois in the 13th arrondissement so I took the metro to Place d'Italie and went hunting for that bowl of soup. I must have walked around for an hour before turning a corner and realizing I had just walked in a huge circle with no Vietnamese joints to be found. I figured best to go home and google search it and try it another time. I hopped back on the metro and took it back home to Bastille, picked up un demi baguette and had that with carrot soup for dinner. I think I might call it an early night and try to sleep off this headache. But first I have to take my nightly dose of medicine. Boooo :(
xoxo
Alexis
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