Alfortville, Paris, France

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Alfortville is 15-20 minutes away from Paris and it looks so different. I went there to pick a package and I had the chance to walk around a bit. It is something between a suburb and a village I would say.

Mon

Mon was one of the bands that played live at the Trocadero, Paris, on the Day of Music (Fete de la Musique). It was one of the bands I enjoyed and liked most...
Here you can listen to one of their songs. For more information about Mon you can visit www.montheband.com.

Musee d' Orsay, Lovis Corinth

A few hours before the end of the Lovis Corinth, between Impressionism and Expressionism exhibition we had the chance to meet the work of this artist in the Museum Orsay. Unfortunately photos were not allowed. Though before we were notified about this restriction we had already taken one. This paint is called "Jeune femme..." which means young woman sleeping. Lovis Corinth was one of the few painters that did not deal with only one topic-subject through his work. He was a specialist in portraits and self-portraits. He did more than 40 self-portraits. From 1900 onwards he used to create a self-portrait on the day before his birthday. Also he seemed to be inspired by mythological and religious subjects though not with intention to praise the mythological or religious person that were in them. He used to show the mythological and religious heroes like they were in reality, nude without their glowing aura that surrounded them. Corinth also was know as the painter of the flesh because he portrayed scenes of slaughter and nudes. He also painted landscapes. His most famous paint is Salome II where one can see the head of Saint John the baptist on a plate few moments after his decapitation and Salome just inspecting it from a close distance. This was his artistic turning point. But in my opinion the real turning point was when he had a stroke. He kept on painting after it.

This is not a Lovis Corinth paint. Just a paint in the Musee d' Orsay which now I can not recollect its title.

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Fete de la Musique

The best way to learn a city in short time is to get on an ordinary -not touristic- bus. On the international day of Music lots of bands and street artists filled every corner of Paris with music and sounds. It was an incredible day and way to celebrate the international day of Music. The whole city was a giant party. On the corner of rue de Nesle remember this brasserie...

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This is Place Dauphine on the Ile de la Cite. This is the isle where Notre Dame is on.

In Paris parks one can see many young people playing Petanque.

Chatelet

Court of Justice

Notre Dame

Town Hall

Trocadero

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The band on the scene are Mon.

Trocadero

Pont Neuf

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Back to rue de Nesle brasserie...