The Thinker & The Shaman

It was a bright and sunny Sunday morning in summer, what else to do except to loiter around Paris?

Alrighty...we have ran out of ideas to take the Eiffel with.

We were supposed to visit the architecture museum at Trocedero, but was informed that the museum will be closed for a period of 2 weeks. There were no notices on their website, just at the entrance... brilliant. And so, this is all we did with the museum.

Les Invalides certainly shine under the summer sky

Les Invalides is not within the list of museums participating in Free Sundays, so we opted for some museum hopping in the region instead. We started off with Musée Rodin located just round the corner of Les Invalides.

The iconic Thinker

The Thinker and The Stoner

The Gate of Hell

I was in an adventurous mood that day, I didn't know what got into me to want to try tartare de bœuf. I remembered that I did have a good impressive of raw minced beef on toast as an entrée. When the waitress pressurized us for our order, I found my brain hovering around tartare...and before I knew it, I blurted tartare de bœuf. When I saw the dish, it was like a big can of raw minced beef topped with a raw egg yolk, with 4 types of condiments (onions, pepper, mustard and pickles) at the side. This was the Fear Factor moment for me, I felt that everyone around was waiting for me to "embrace" the dish.

I would say that it is not as bad as it looks, just that perhaps there are too much raw beef in one dish and kinda makes one sick of finishing the whole dish. This is the time when I really appreciate the Student, the "rubbish bin" who can eat anything...:)

Musée du Quai Branly is of course along Quai Branly, along the Seine River. This is the place whereby there is a fancy restaurant at the terrace for some great views of the Eiffel Tower. The museum displays collections from Asian, African, American and Oceania civilisations. A little eerie to visit on a wet and rainy day with the spiritual and religious displays I think.