Sunday, October 28, 2007

Thinking Paris in October

Next month it would’ve been a year since I last visited Paris.  2007 will soon be gone but I don’t have a trip to that side of the world in the offing. For 2008, we are busy planning another trip to Manila after the last one in May 2006, so we are devoting our resources and vacation time to that two-and-a-half to three-week vacation.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that once we are able to go home to Manila, we can start planning our next vacation to the City of Lights — or some part of France, because Alan would like to visit Provence or Lyon instead of Paris which is his usual stop, and where I’ve been to twice already.

If you ask me, I really don’t mind going back there over and over and over again..

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Saturday, October 13, 2007

Vandals on the loose

I read about the vandals who had wreaked havoc on the Musee d’Orsay, damaging one of their Monets.  The news deeply saddened me as it reminded me of my visit their with Alan last year.

Unlike most museums whose architecture seems to transport you to another time, this one shows you a good mix of the old and the contemporary, both in layout and in the artworks on display.  This museum prides itself in being a showcase for Impressionism.

The sad thing is that once damaged, these masterpieces are forever altered.  I am sure that they have stepped up security as a result.  I took particular joy in viewing these masterpieces I had only read about or seen in notecards or calendars.. Here’s hoping this is the last of it.  There was some news about protesters ruining photographs by a contemporary artist in another country in Europe — but let’s keep those rare works from the masters of old safe from others who have nothing better to do.

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