I Think We Went to the Musee de Rodin October 18, 2006

Yeah, today is chore day! First stop was the Poste so that we could mail our tax return, and yes, we know, it is a little late. Second stop was Gare du Nord (the North Train station) to make our seat reservation for the Brussels’s train tomorrow.

That behind us, we then went to the Rodin Museum where we viewed several of his works including the famous “The Thinker”, “The Kiss” and his life’s definitive work, “The Gates of Hell”. Sculpture is not my glass of wine so to speak, but Holly seemed to enjoy listening to the audio guide of the museum and viewing the finished and unfinished pieces Auguste Rodin left to the world – not only his own designs but his massive collection of over 6,000 pieces of art from around the world.

After the museum we walked in the general direction of the Arc de Triomphe and our hotel which would take about an hour. We stopped for lunch at an Indian restaurant for a change of pace and enjoyed some authentic Indian cuisine and excellent service.

Near the hotel we took a little time for shopping in a sporting good shop the size of Manhattan before Holly tended to the ugly chore of laundry at the laundromat right across the street from our hotel. I was a little under the weather as I had let myself get dehydrated over the last few days, so for me it was drinking a lot of water and resting.