Today we visited the famous Musee D’Orsay located in the center of Paris. The museum is home to several famous works of art including paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, Tissot, Cézanne, Renoir, Manet, Degas and many more. After the museum, we walked to the Champs-Elysee where students enjoyed free time and had the opportunity to walk up the Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon to honor those lost in the French Revolutionary War. Students were also given the opportunity to try authentic artisanal Macaroons from a local sweet shop (caramel, pistachio and raspberry). The Arc offers an incredible aerial view of the city. For our evening group activity, we decided to see the action-packed Transformers 3 at a movie theatre on the Champs-Elysee.
