Day 6 - Impressionism and Pantheon

Busy day today. Went to the Musse d'Orsay - almost never got here. It was absolutely fantastic!! Basically it has a lot of Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir and other impressionists. Seeing impressionist work in the flesh is just wonderful. Of all artwork that is reproduced in books, impressionist painting reproductions loose so much of their impact. Also saw Courbet's 'The Artist Studio' and 'Burial at Ornans' and couldn't believe that they were hanging opposite one another! (they are massive at about 5m x 3m each). Also saw 'Whistlers Mother' which was cool but like Mr Bean's variation on it :P

Went looking for another Monet, Turner, Whistler exhibition across town but the line to get in looked to be about 2 hours meaning I would have only had 1 hour to see things in crowds which was pointless. So I went for a wonder over to the Latin Quarter (called so because all classes used to be conducted in latin).

I managed to stumble across the Pantheon which was a church come revolutionary hideout during the 19th century. The building is massive and went into the crypt in the basement. It has the bodies of famous dead Frenchies there: Marie Claire (radiation girl), Victor Hugo (writer Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables), Voltaire (great thinker) and some others.