Today I went to a museum that was new to me, the Musée Jacquemart-André. It’s in an old mansion. The owners were childless and spent their years together collecting art. Now anyone who goes to their house can enjoy it too. I paid a brief visit to Parc Monceau, then headed for the big department stores. I was really in search of a place that I had the best omelette of my life in 2011. Sadly I couldn’t find it.

I took these photos in Galleries Lafayette and on their roof.

The Eiffel Tower is a mess with construction. I think they are making it more secure. I started at the Trocadéro, then took a bus to the other side of the river to get more photos. Here are a few.

Tomorrow I will be moving to a hotel in the Latin Quarter. I’m hoping they have WiFi. There’s no WiFi in this apartment and posting pictures is painfully slow. I had such a wonderful opportunity to stay in this apartment. Sadly it was not disclosed that some work would need to be done during the last part of my trip. I’m okay with moving. My only complaint, besides the lack of WiFi, is that the noise from outside is very loud, all of the time. It’s a little less between maybe 2:00-5:00. Sometimes. Even though the hotel is in a touristy area, the street it’s on is small and there isn’t much traffic. I’m hoping to get some sleep there.

This is the view out of the kitchen window in the apartment.

You can see the top of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. I tried to get a good photo of the Tower lit up at night, but it didn’t come out well.