Le Restaurant

Hi, dear readers. Thank you for the sweet comments and inquiries on the Mad Hatter Party post that was pre scheduled. Thursday was our first day home after five weeks away, and it  has been a long time since I've posted, because the internet connections in Italy are slow. Though I am happy to report that they were much better in Paris!

We spent almost four weeks in Italy, and a little over a week in Paris. When my daughter finished her studies and playing, we took the overnight train from Venice through Switzerland to Paris. It was quite the adventure. We had a sleeper car all to ourselves. At that point we became a group of three because my spouse joined us.

This is one of the restaurants in the Musee D' Orsay; the museum that houses much of the impressionist collection. In my opinion, it's the most beautiful restaurant dining room that I have ever seen.  It was recently redone in 2013-2014.  The chairs are by Edra and designed by the Italian artist Jacopo Foggini.  It is a new technique, and they remind me of murano glass, but  I think they are a polycarbonate.

The rainbow hued chairs are a stunning contemporary contrast to the ornate gilded splendor of this dining room's walls and murals painted by Gabriel Ferrier in 1900 and the older plainer parquet floors.  Yet, they are perfect.

Beautiful...

The dining room serves French cuisine. I'm sorry to say that we tried to use our French in Paris, but everyone quickly goes to English, which is the opposite of my experience 25 years ago. The French speak English really well.

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