Tuesday, February 4 – Paris

Okay, so most of these next three days are probably going to bore you to death. One of the main reasons I traveled to Paris was to attend the classic car show, Retromobile. In conjunction with that, three auctions are also being held here this week. My plan is attend the previews for two of the auctions. (I’m going to the previews, rather than the auctions, because they are free to attend!) I’ll only post a few pictures from the car events.

Today’s preview was held at Place Vauban, which is a semi-circular square located adjacent to Les Invalides. The venue was basically a tent set up in the square, with a clear plastic roof.

I was fortunate in that a few of my all-time favorite cars were in the auction. I’ll only include those pictures here…

I also made a return visit to one of my favorite museums – the Musee d’Orsay. It’s a favorite not only for its content, but also its setting – a former railway station built between 1898 and 1900.

Also, in my walking around today I passed by Notre Dame again, but this time from a different perspective…

Wednesday, February 5 – Paris

Cars and a museum again today!

I attended another auction preview today. But for me, this visit was more about the venue than the cars. (Although there were some great cars up for auction!) The auction is to be held Thursday at the Grand Palais, an exhibition hall and museum complex located on the Champs-Élysées. Construction began in 1897. Here a few pictures from the preview…

I also corrected a major oversight on my part by taking a tour of the Monet Museum (Musée Marmottan Monet). I can’t believe I overlooked this previously!

And I’ll close with some random shots from my roaming around the city these past two days…