{"id":235,"date":"2007-11-17T09:22:28","date_gmt":"2007-11-17T17:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/2007\/11\/my-parisian-visitation-count\/"},"modified":"2009-04-25T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T00:07:22","slug":"my-parisian-visitation-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/2007\/11\/my-parisian-visitation-count\/","title":{"rendered":"My Parisian visitation count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finished my 60th birthday present of spending 60 days in Paris:\u00c2\u00a0one day each for 60 years lived.\u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve tabulated below\u00c2\u00a0my activities, whereabouts, and visits for those 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>Tuileries Garden: many walk-throughs<\/p>\n<p>Notre-Dame Cathedral: many walk-bys and visits; walking up the stairs for view from the top: 1 time<\/p>\n<p>Louvre: 4 visits<\/p>\n<p>Musee d&#8217;Orsay: 3 visits<\/p>\n<p>Pompidou Center&#8217;s museum of modern art: 3 visits<\/p>\n<p>Basilica of Sacre Couer Church in Montmartre: 3 visits<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www1.istockphoto.com\/file_thumbview_approve\/2205510\/2\/istockphoto_2205510_basilica_of_sacre_couer_paris.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/file_closeup\/%3Fid%3D2205510%26refnum%3D822587&amp;h=380&amp;w=253&amp;sz=41&amp;hl=en&amp;start=12&amp;tbnid=QFcdTx7HfAo-xM:&amp;tbnh=123&amp;tbnw=82&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dsacre%2Bcouer%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:QFcdTx7HfAo-xM:http:\/\/www1.istockphoto.com\/file_thumbview_approve\/2205510\/2\/istockphoto_2205510_basilica_of_sacre_couer_paris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Georges Restaurant<\/em> on top of Pompidou Center: 2 lunches<\/p>\n<p>Studio of Constantin Brancusi (his &#8220;Head of a Woman&#8221; is shown below): 3 visits<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.museumnetwork.com\/features\/04_16_01images\/41b.JPG&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.museumnetwork.com\/features\/04_16_01highlightStieglitz.asp&amp;h=400&amp;w=306&amp;sz=11&amp;hl=en&amp;start=14&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=FsJxrHqAxDfY2M:&amp;tbnh=124&amp;tbnw=95&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dconstantin%2Bbrancusi%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 87px; height: 115px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:FsJxrHqAxDfY2M:http:\/\/www.museumnetwork.com\/features\/04_16_01images\/41b.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shakespeare &amp; Company English-language bookstore:\u00c2\u00a04 visits<\/p>\n<p>Studios and gardens of sculptor Auguste Rodin Museum: 2 visits<\/p>\n<p>Montmartre: 3 visits<\/p>\n<p>Jardin des sculpteurs de plein aire: 2 stroll-throughs<\/p>\n<p>Pere Lachaise cemetery (pictured below):\u00c2\u00a03 visits. Chopin&#8217;s grave always has the most flowers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/afxafx.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/cemetery.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.travel-to-france.biz\/paris\/index.html&amp;h=600&amp;w=800&amp;sz=134&amp;hl=en&amp;start=40&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=bAwbvvpV2oRWYM:&amp;tbnh=107&amp;tbnw=143&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dpere%2Blachaise%2Bcemetery%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 135px; height: 96px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:bAwbvvpV2oRWYM:http:\/\/afxafx.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eiffel Tower: 2 visits. The summit: 1 time; the second level: 2 times<\/p>\n<p><em>Cafe les Deux Magots<\/em>: 2 lunches<\/p>\n<p><em>Cafe de Flore<\/em>: 2 lunches<\/p>\n<p>Carnavalet Museum (history of Paris): 2 visits (and\u00c2\u00a0I still didn&#8217;t see everything)<\/p>\n<p>Sainte-Chapelle Cathedral (whose windows are pictured below):\u00c2\u00a02 visits<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/images.jupiterimages.com\/common\/detail\/34\/55\/22865534.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.jupiterimages.com\/itemDetail.aspx%3FitemID%3D22865534&amp;h=172&amp;w=250&amp;sz=36&amp;hl=en&amp;start=25&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=S3rAs9PozAKVMM:&amp;tbnh=76&amp;tbnw=111&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dsainte%2Bchappelle%2Bcathedral%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:S3rAs9PozAKVMM:http:\/\/images.jupiterimages.com\/common\/detail\/34\/55\/22865534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luxembourg Gardens: 2 strolls<\/p>\n<p><em>Espace <\/em>(museum) <em>Salvador Dali<\/em> in Montmartre: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/expasy.org\/spotlight\/images\/sptlt015.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/expasy.org\/spotlight\/back_issues\/2001\/10\/qui_dort_d238.shtml&amp;h=382&amp;w=597&amp;sz=36&amp;hl=en&amp;start=40&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=IYFY_QjcQZIxMM:&amp;tbnh=86&amp;tbnw=135&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dsalvador%2Bdali%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 128px; height: 79px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:IYFY_QjcQZIxMM:http:\/\/expasy.org\/spotlight\/images\/sptlt015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picasso Museum: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Suburb of Meudon to see where my dad lived\u00c2\u00a01928-29: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Jacquemart-Andre Museum: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Claude Monet&#8217;s studios and gardens\u00c2\u00a0in Giverny: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Auvers-sur-Oise, where Van Gogh spent his final months and shot himself: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Church of the Madeleine: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Victor Hugo Home and Museum: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><em>Vaux le Comte<\/em> chateau and gardens (pictured below): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.alovelyworld.com\/webfranc\/gimage\/fra098.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.alovelyworld.com\/webfranc\/htmgb\/fra098.htm&amp;h=1018&amp;w=1565&amp;sz=127&amp;hl=en&amp;start=4&amp;tbnid=OrlhWNKjNS69bM:&amp;tbnh=98&amp;tbnw=150&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dvaux%2Ble%2Bvicomte%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 139px; height: 85px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:OrlhWNKjNS69bM:http:\/\/www.alovelyworld.com\/webfranc\/gimage\/fra098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Napoleon&#8217;s Tomb: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Montmartre Museum (with Charles Leandre exhibit): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Musee Guimet (with art taken from Cambodia, VietNam, and elsewhere): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Montparnasse Cemetery: 1 visit. French singer Serge Gainsbourg&#8217;s grave\u00c2\u00a0had the most interesting collection of love offerings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hotel de Crillon<\/em>: 1 visit for high tea. I think my cousin and I saw a famous American director, but we weren&#8217;t sure.<\/p>\n<p>Fouquet&#8217;s Restaurant on Champs Elysees (pictured below): 1 dinner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.magicparis.com\/Photos\/restaurant\/fouquets\/fouquets001.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.magicparis.com\/chaMpseLYsEeS\/En\/commerces\/Resto_info.asp%3Fback%3Dok%26id%3D2338&amp;h=300&amp;w=399&amp;sz=28&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=goU5rCAdLZa3oM:&amp;tbnh=93&amp;tbnw=124&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dfouquets%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:goU5rCAdLZa3oM:http:\/\/www.magicparis.com\/Photos\/restaurant\/fouquets\/fouquets001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Studio and museum of painter Eugene Delacroix (his painting &#8220;The Death of Saranopoulos&#8221; is below): 1 visit on a rainy day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.ldesign.com\/Images\/Essays\/OnReality\/OnReality%2520Part%25206\/Wall\/Delacroix.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/ldesign.wordpress.com\/&amp;h=408&amp;w=500&amp;sz=42&amp;hl=en&amp;start=11&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=omPf5VXuEoY77M:&amp;tbnh=106&amp;tbnw=130&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Ddelacroix%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:omPf5VXuEoY77M:http:\/\/www.ldesign.com\/Images\/Essays\/OnReality\/OnReality%2520Part%25206\/Wall\/Delacroix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alberto Giocometti sculpture exposition: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Chaim Soutine painting exposition (one of his paintings is below): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/TOAH\/images\/hb\/hb_67.187.107.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/TOAH\/hd\/scpa\/hob_67.187.107.htm&amp;h=623&amp;w=450&amp;sz=111&amp;hl=en&amp;start=17&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=AaJekMO5GBCFmM:&amp;tbnh=136&amp;tbnw=98&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dchaim%2Bsoutine%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 88px; height: 124px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:AaJekMO5GBCFmM:http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/TOAH\/images\/hb\/hb_67.187.107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edward Steichen photography exposition at Jeu de Palme museum: 1 visit. Like Monet, Steichen loved flowers and was deeply involved with the scientific propagation and study of delphiniums.<\/p>\n<p>Francisque Poulbot poster and illustration exposition: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Studio and museum\u00c2\u00a0of sculptor\u00c2\u00a0Ossip Zandine (one of his sculptures is below): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.jvdtogt.nl\/image\/Zadkine_klein.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.jvdtogt.nl\/c_ossip_zadkine.htm&amp;h=470&amp;w=311&amp;sz=24&amp;hl=en&amp;start=13&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=wSAa2LQDA69tVM:&amp;tbnh=129&amp;tbnw=85&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dossip%2Bzadkine%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 78px; height: 121px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:wSAa2LQDA69tVM:http:\/\/www.jvdtogt.nl\/image\/Zadkine_klein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Versailles palaces and gardens: 1 visit on a glorious sunny Halloween day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jardin des Plantes<\/em> and Mineralogy Museum: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Cluny Museum of the Middle Ages (which houses the\u00c2\u00a0six huge yet exquisite tapestries of <em>La Dame a la licorne<\/em>&#8211;Lady and the Unicorn, one of which is pictured below): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"image\" title=\"The Lady and the Unicorn: A mon seul d\u00c3\u00a9sir (Mus\u00c3\u00a9e de Cluny, Paris)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:The_Lady_and_the_unicorn_Desire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbimage\" style=\"width: 155px; height: 122px;\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/The_Lady_and_the_unicorn_Desire.jpg\/180px-The_Lady_and_the_unicorn_Desire.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Lady and the Unicorn: A mon seul d\u00c3\u00a9sir (Mus\u00c3\u00a9e de Cluny, Paris)\" width=\"155\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Basilica St. Denis (where many French kings and queens are buried, including Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Marmottan Museum (with Monet paintings): 1\u00c2\u00a0visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/listverse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/heist-monet-377x316-tm.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/listverse.com\/art\/top-10-art-thefts-of-the-20th-century\/&amp;h=251&amp;w=300&amp;sz=45&amp;hl=en&amp;start=19&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=ujlJ_39ed6P6OM:&amp;tbnh=97&amp;tbnw=116&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dmarmottan%2Bmuseum%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ujlJ_39ed6P6OM:http:\/\/listverse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/heist-monet-377x316-tm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orangerie museum with\u00c2\u00a0Monet waterlily paintings: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Museum of Jewish Art and History: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Garnier Opera House: 2 visits<\/p>\n<p>Ballets seen at the Garnier Opera House: 3. I saw &#8220;Wuthering Heights,&#8221; &#8220;Songe de le Medee,&#8221; and &#8220;Genus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>La Conciergerie (former prison): 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Memorial\u00c2\u00a0of the Jewish Deportation: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Yom Kippur\u00c2\u00a0services at a temple in Le Marais quarter: 1 service<\/p>\n<p>Top of the Arc de Triomphe: 1 climb<\/p>\n<p>Petit Palais art exhibit: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.greenlightwrite.com\/petpal4.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.greenlightwrite.com\/napoleontomb.html&amp;h=500&amp;w=375&amp;sz=71&amp;hl=en&amp;start=22&amp;tbnid=X6LL7re2KNcKLM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=98&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dpetit%2Bpalais%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 87px; height: 116px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:X6LL7re2KNcKLM:http:\/\/www.greenlightwrite.com\/petpal4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arab World Institute: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Chartres cathedral and town: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Reims cathedral: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>Champagne region: 1 visit<\/p>\n<p>* * * * * * * *<\/p>\n<p>Metro rides: about 8.\u00c2\u00a0During the strike, I walked everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Guidebooks consulted: 6<\/p>\n<p>Visitors: 6<\/p>\n<p>Books read: 4<\/p>\n<p>Blisters on my feet: 3<\/p>\n<p>Scarves bought: 2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.danheller.com\/images\/UnitedStates\/Florida\/Orlando\/Disney\/colorful-scarves-big.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.danheller.com\/images\/UnitedStates\/Florida\/Orlando\/Disney\/Epcot\/img12.html&amp;h=413&amp;w=550&amp;sz=138&amp;hl=en&amp;start=6&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=slH6R84s_xl4IM:&amp;tbnh=100&amp;tbnw=133&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dscarves%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid; width: 114px; height: 80px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:slH6R84s_xl4IM:http:\/\/www.danheller.com\/images\/UnitedStates\/Florida\/Orlando\/Disney\/colorful-scarves-big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haircuts: 1<\/p>\n<p>Manicures: 1<\/p>\n<p>Clothes, jackets, hats, jewelry, and shoes bought: 0<\/p>\n<p>This won&#8217;t be what <em>your<\/em> count looks like when you visit Paris, but\u00c2\u00a0now it&#8217;s your turn to create a magnificent memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished my 60th birthday present of spending 60 days in Paris:\u00c2\u00a0one day each for 60 years lived.\u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve tabulated below\u00c2\u00a0my activities, whereabouts, and visits for those 60 days. 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