The museums we visited were great, and getting to see a number of works which I’ve studied was meaningful, especially at Musée d’Orsay.  Édouard Manet’s Olympia and The Luncheon on the Grass were more amazing that I expected, and very large in scale, which I knew scholastically but couldn’t appreciate until I saw them.  There…

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Into France

Eric and I left Ellie and Dan at the Brussels airport, and set our sights on France.  We stopped for a little brunch of beer at the Scourmont Abbey, where Chimay Trappist beers are produced.  Eric had a miscommunication with the waitress, who spoke only French, and wound up with four beers instead of one,…

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