In preparation for our trip, many friends and family members were kind enough to loan us guide books for Paris. Rick Steves book has proven to be a good, straightforward guide with good advice. His advice when in a museum and unsure of where to find what you are looking for was to simply ask. His example: "Ou est Le Kandinsky?"
We were lucky enough to go to the Pompidou Center and see the "Dreamlands" exhibit. This is a beautiful assortment of images, text, movies and sculptures all having to do with dream lands: from Coney Island to Disneyland to clips from "The Truman Show". Very nice exhibit, if it comes your way make sure to see it.
The other exhibits were less to our liking. The Lucien Freud (grandson of Sigmund) paintings, though great works, were very graphic (especially for my young lady). But, overall, the museum is beautiful, with an expansive view of the city as you go up the elevator at the side of the building.
We got our first view of the Tour Eiffel from the escalator and also located a very good pizza place on the square below for lunch.
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