The coffee was so so, bread off the counter was a bit hard but the crepe I ordered, ham and cheese, was huge and super value for money with super a lot of cheese and was very nice. I wanna try a sweet crepe next time. Get the crepe when you are there!
Also the dude there really know how to talk in all sorts of languages. Great for business. Haha. Makes for a fun stop. He spoke to us in English and a bit of chinese also. Interesting
This served as breakfast for us and we made our way to Musee D'Orsay
AND WHY. WONT GOOGLE MAPS TELL ME. WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS.
SO I TELL YOU OK. In order that you don't waste your life walking one round like me... The entrances to the museum is near the RER train station Gare Musee D'Orsay. We wasted time walking the wrong way.
Anyway. It was a Saturday and we were worried about long lines that people kept talking about in blogs and vlogs.
We already have our tickets so looking at the clear signs at the doors, we went to Entrance C that has a much shorter queue since you only need to do a bag check.
But.
Halfway.
The security guards escorted everyone in queue C away from the queue and into the corner of the building. No one knew what was happening, security was clearly preoccupied with instructions from their ear pieces also.
Wah a bit scared leh. Maybe someone discovered something in someone else's bag.
Whatever it was, I was annoyed because that meant that if the museum closes i have no chance to see it this trip. :(
Thankfully after 10 minutes of uncertainty, we were allowed to requeue but poor thing la those in front. They clearly lost their queue advantage.
Minus all the hooha, we reached about 9.50am and got in within 15 minutes. Great no queue! And it was even a Saturday.
Got in and were made to put all our bags at the counter that handles all the cloaks and bags. Rmb to take our all your valuables and all your cameras ok.
Musee D'Orsay is my preferred museum compared to the Louvre. While there is a lot to see in this museum also, I somehow had a more pleasant experience admiring the art and taking a walk around. Perhaps the display was less cramped and the rooms and segments were coloured differently from each other. Made me feel like I was making real progress through the displays, rather than a never ending journey.
Here are some of the pictures, we were there especially for the Van Gogh section.
If you go all the way up to the fifth floor, you can actually access the rooftop area to take pictures.
There is also a really beautiful restaurant there but I merely walked past it so I'm not sure its name or whether you need to book it etc
Remember to leave sufficient time for yourself to look at the souvenirs shop before you go. I had so much I wanted to buy here (compared to the ugly souvenirs at the Louvre) like their postcards and their files and their tote bags. My dad even picked up a big poster of starry starry night that art piece. I think he wants to frame it somewhere.
We then left at about 11.30am. And queues to enter were not long either! Highly recommended visit :D