The D’Orsay Museum in Paris
The D’Orsay, a gem of an art museum, was just voted on Trip Advisor to be the #1 museum in the world! By happy coincidence, I visited this elegant museum…
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Orangerie Museum in Paris
The Orangerie (or l’Orangerie) in Paris is the home of a large circle of paintings by Claude Monet. In the words of the museum, “It was designed as a real…
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A Morning at The Met in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is the largest art museum in the United States. It houses more than two million works of art. Our itinerary called…
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Monet’s Gardens and Home at Giverny
Impressionist painter Claude Monet chose Vernon, a small village in the country outside of Paris, as his residence in 1883. Here at his home, Giverny, the gardens would become the…
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Finding Ancient Italy at the Getty Villa in Malibu
Want to travel back in time? Visit the Getty Villa in Malibu and enter the world of first century Italy. The elegant museum is a model of a home in…
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A Hidden Gem in Paris — The Rodin Museum
Our last afternoon in Paris we visited the Rodin Museum. It sits in the shadow of the gold-domed tomb of Napoleon, close to the Eiffel Tower. The house and gardens…
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True Colors of Sainte-Chapelle
I see your true colors . . . shining through. Have you noticed how often it takes a while to see the true colors hidden behind the humble exterior? Take…