Paris 2009 – Day Two [Itinerary]

New Year’s Eve in Paris! For me – there isn’t a better place to celebrate the conclusion of the past year and look to opportunities of the New Year.

Paris goes quiet on New Year’s Day (I guess everyone else is sleeping in after a night on-the-town). Best of all – after this weekend most of my fellow tourist are gone and long waiting lines are a thing of the past.

Today – we are off to see two temporary exhibitions in the city.

We start our day at Musee Jacquemart-Andre to view an exhibit of works by Bruegel, Memling, and Van Eyck. This small museum is located to the north on the Right Bank. This museum was once a private estate within the city (and is clearly how I would have loved to live should I have been born during that time).

The museum’s private collection of work and architecture is well worth your time. While the special exhibit is wonderful – the estate and collection is hard to beat.

Next we headed over to one of the oddest museums in Paris, the Pinacotheque. The museum is host to a special exhibit Golden Age of Holland. The museum continues to be an odd place – that said – it attracts some wonderful temporary collections.