Monday, June 16, 2014

Day 18, June 15 - Museums on museums on museums

This day was dedicated to going to museums that our Paris passes covered. That morning, I was finally able to get a nice cup of cappuccino and an omelet. Our first museum was the Museé du Quai Branly. The front of it is covered by a vegetation wall aka a vertical wall.  There are some 15,000 low light foliage plants that are held in place by a frame of metal, PVC, and non-biodegradable felt, but no soil. The museum itself showcases indigenous art from Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Then we walked across across the Seine to the northbank and saw the Flame of Liberty Memorial. This is where Princess Diana's car crash took place and the memorial is a replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame. After that, we went to the Palais de Chaillot. This gave us an awesome view of the Eiffel Tower and it houses two different museums, which we visited as well. It was pretty late at that point, so we went back to the hotel and washed up and relaxed. We went to a nearby restaurant bar to get a late dinner and watch the France vs Honduras game in France. It was super awesome getting to cheer on France with the locals. After the game we passed out in our room. Another successful day!

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