Easytobook.com - Online Hotel Reservations When looking for a good spot to find your Paris hotels or any other destination try this site called EasytoBook.com


 
Click here to add Spirit of Paris to your favorites !

Orsay’s clockwork

January 7th, 2007

Photos of Paris - Spirit of Paris
 

On the top of the Musee d’Orsay, there is a cafe behind this giant clockwork. Don’t forget Orsay was a railwail station before to become a museum.

After a drink you can get out, turn left and then discover the most famous painting of the 19th century. I mean the impressionist.
Van Gogh, Renoir, Manet, Cezanne, Monet, Pissaro, Sisley and at the end of the gallery, Degas and his unforgettable statue of a dancer of fourteen.

By the exit, there is another clockwork, same as the first one. You can see Paris through the glass of the face.
 

Entry Filed under: Lifestyle, Paris

7 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Tomate Farcie  |  January 9th, 2007 at 8:16 am

    Beautiful close-up shot. I love that clock!

  • 2. jeff  |  January 17th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

    Michel: The clock cafe in le Musee d’Orsay is one of my favorite places. I typically go outside to look over Paris as part of the lunch break. Then, of course, Manet, Morisot, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Degas, Fantin Latour, Whistler, Caillebotte, …

    I also love your photo of the stairs in the fog. Is this in Montmarte?

    I hope to make it to Paris for a few days this year, either April or August, trying to avoid the most expensive season of summer. I plan on a history walk of le Quartier Latin avec mon ami, Michel. C’est possible?

    jeff

  • 3. nikon  |  January 22nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm

    Excellent! I love the detail - it is such a sharp photo.

  • 4. Bob  |  January 24th, 2007 at 2:24 am

    As usual, Michel, you continue to be my favorite “eye on Paris.”

    Your images always present a mixture of the familiar with the obscure, and always with vivid color, quality, and an interesting anecdote.

    There’s an empty place in my heart that only Paris can fill, and anytime I feel a deep longing to walk the streets of my favorite city, I am comforted knowing that you are there to graciously act as a wonderful virtual host.

    Merci beaucoup!

  • 5. Kelly  |  February 9th, 2007 at 12:34 am

    This is beautiful. I love black and whites and I really like the angle!

  • 6. manuella  |  March 6th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

    Just a cment from a 25 parisian girl : OMG i love this pic! your blog is very cool!

  • 7. elaine  |  April 10th, 2007 at 12:58 pm

    i love this clock and this is an amazing shot of it!

Leave a Comment

hidden


  

Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Trackback this post  |  Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed