Paris (again) - June 27th to 29th
We left Reims via train on June 27th, arriving in Paris about 50 minutes later. Our Paris AirBnB was really nice - a large beautiful apartment with a fantastic host, Marie-Pascale.
The big event of this stop in Paris was the quarter-final match between the USA and France. It was a real spectacle with ~46,000 people in attendance. The noise level never dropped much below deafening. The match was very exciting with the US winning 2-1!
We also went to a fantastic museum that we had never heard of before, The Musée des Arts et Métiers an industrial design museum in Paris that was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions. It was incredible. We were there for 4 hours and would have stayed longer if they hadn't been closing shop for the day!
Read MoreThe big event of this stop in Paris was the quarter-final match between the USA and France. It was a real spectacle with ~46,000 people in attendance. The noise level never dropped much below deafening. The match was very exciting with the US winning 2-1!
We also went to a fantastic museum that we had never heard of before, The Musée des Arts et Métiers an industrial design museum in Paris that was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions. It was incredible. We were there for 4 hours and would have stayed longer if they hadn't been closing shop for the day!
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Founded in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, "a store of new and useful inventions," is a museum of technological innovation. The Musée des arts et métiers was refurbished in 2000, and now exhibits over 2,400 inventions. They are split into seven collections Scientific instruments, Materials, Energy, Mechanics, Construction, Communication and Transport.
The audio guide was excellent. We easily could have spent a full day here!
These are wooden models of different shapes.
