London, Amsterdam, and Paris 2015

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Wednesday started out cloudy and eventually became a little rainy.

Cindy, Bob, and Kathy went to lunch near the London Eye

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Kathy's pic

Kathy's pic

Kathy's pic

Karin, Kathy, and Kara went on a Beatles tour

Kara's pic

Kara's pic

Rainy days are good for museums, so I went on an art tour..
First the National Gallary, which everyone else had seen on Tuesday when I was at the British Museum.
If you want to skip dozens of pictures of the world's greatest art you can skip down to the end of the webpage for more pictures of us at drinks and dinner.

Botticelli - Venus and Mars
Probably my favorite painting at the National Gallery; Botticelli is amazing...
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Raphael - Pope Julius II
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Michelangelo - The Manchester Madonna (unfinished)
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Michelangelo - The Emtombment (unfinished)
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Rembrandt - Belshazzar's Feast
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Claude Monet - The Gare St-Lazare
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Claude Monet - The Museum at Le Havre
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Claude Monet - The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil
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Claude Monet - Snow Scene at Argenteuil
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Claude Monet - Bathers at La Grenouillère
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - The Skiff - La Yole
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Claude Monet - Water-Lilies, Setting Sun
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Claude Monet - Flood Waters
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Claude Monet - The Seine at Port-Villez
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Claude Monet - The Water Lily Pond
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - At the Theatre - La Premiere Sortie
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - A Nymph by a Stream
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Vase of Flowers
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Dancing Girl with Tambourine
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Dancing Girl with Castanets
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Misia Sert
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Paul Cezanne, The Painter's Father, Louis-Auguste Cezanne

Paul Cezanne - The Painter's Father, Louis-Auguste Cezanne
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I enjoy Cezanne but generally don't bother to take or post pictures of his paintings since I enjoy other artists so much more...

Paul Cezanne, The Stove in the Studio

Paul Cezanne - The Stove in the Studio
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Paul Cezanne - An Old Woman with a Rosary
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Paul Cezanne - Self Portrait
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Paul Cezanne - Avenue at Chantilly
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Vincent van Gogh - Two Crabs
Probably my second favorite painting at the National Gallery....
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Vincent van Gogh - Farms near Auvers
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Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers
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Vincent van Gogh - A Wheatfield with Cypresses
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Vincent van Gogh - Head of a Peasant Woman
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Vincent van Gogh - Long Grass with Butterflies
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I found the front entrance to the National Gallery and was fairly shocked at the circus in Trafalgar Square.
I mentioned the sharp contrast between inside the Gallary with the outside to one of the museum attendents and he readily stated 'oh yes, heavan and hell it is'.
I walked to the Courtauld Gallery...

Claude Monet - Autumn Effect at Argenteuil
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Edgar Degas - Woman at a Window
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Edgar Degas - Two Dancers on a Stage
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - La Loge
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Édouard Manet - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
My second favorite painting at the Courtauld....
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