Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Paris-Cluj; It's a small world after all.

I guess you can see from the pictures below that I was not in Cluj this weekend. I took WizzAir to go from Cluj to Paris for a whopping 25 Euros one way.
On Sunday I went to the Musee Jacquemart to see an exhibit of flemish painting: Bruegel, Van Eick, Memling, etc... I then realized that the paintings all came from the Brukenthal collection which happens to be hosted in the Brukenthal museum in Sibiu, 100 kms from Cluj! I had to come to Paris to see paintings that are 2 hrs from here! Anyway,  I have to check when the collection comes back to Sibiu, because that museum in Paris was very crowded. Here are two fabulous paintings I saw there:


Bruegel: the massacre of innocents.


Van Eick: the man wih a blue turban..

I was also strolling Montmartre area (near Sacre Coeur) and took a few pictures. Enjoy!


One of the few old subway entrances left. Here, place des Abbesses.

You know I like doors...

Le Bateau Lavoir in Montmartre was Picasso studio while in Paris.

Le Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre. Actually one of the 3 left. Renoir did a famous painting in the area called Bal du Moulin de la Galette.



Place du Tertre. More japanese here than in Tokyo.

La basilique du Sacre Coeur.

Ciao Cluj!

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