Musée Rodin & London!

I thought you'd like to see who stored our luggage this morning.

We had some time to kill before taking the Eurostar train to London at 4:30. The Musée Rodin was a 30 minute walk from where we've been staying for the past 3 days. A 30 minute walk, pulling our carryon suitcases, sometimes over cobblestone. You can imagine the sound.

I have to say that the Musée Rodin is my favourite museum so far. Better than the Louvre and better than Versailles.

We walked around the grounds first, rounding corners and coming across yet another meaningful and beautifully created sculpture. The setting was perfect.

Joel has been catching up on work any moment he gets.

This is Victor Hugo.

The sculpture below had a lot more detail than many of the others.

Inside the museum were two floors of amazing art. Even the walls are stunning. Can you see the hand-carved wooden detailing?

The pieces I am going to remember forever are the Monument to the Burghers of Calais. From the museum's website: "This sculptural group illustrates the heroism of the burghers of Calais. In this famous episode from the Hundred Years’ War, six citizens sacrificed themselves when they gave the keys of their city to the King of England in 1347, putting an end to a year-long siege"

There is so much emotion and humanity in each of these sculptures.

They almost seemed alive to me.

I was surprised to turn a corner on the second floor and see not one but three Van Gogh paintings. I think it's the first time I've seen one in the flesh. It's no wonder he sold very few when alive. They were so different from anything else painted in that time.

Back on the street, a police presence was beginning to take place.

We wanted to take the RER express train line to Montmartre, but sadly it was closed. We ended up walking further and got a subway train there. At one point we walked up 176 setps carrying our suitcases to get out of the subway.

Montmartre is very different from the 15th Arondissement where we just came from. For almost one block there were many men's suit sellers. Maybe a dozen of them.

And, there's Gare du Nord railway station and an Eurostar high speed train. We made it!!!!

I didn't get any decent pictures of the French countryside as it flashed by my window. But, I got a good picture of our nearest neighbours for the next two nights.

I'll show you more tomorrow when there is better light. Hmmmm....there's a 100% chance of 25 to 35 ml. rain overnight and through tomorrow. Might not get better light.

Steps today: 16,605.