Musee D'Orsay and The Discotheque

Yesterday we visited the Musee D'Orsay, which is the impressionist art museum here in Paris. I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the cord that connects my camera to my computer, but the museum is very beautiful and location in one of the old train stations in Paris. We saw many, many beautiful and famous paintings, but also some odd ones. How about a creepy painting of the angel of death visiting a teenage girl. Add some dead flowers, pearls, and a big bear rug to that equation and you have one very odd painting.

Last night, we visited a Discotheque called "Le Showcase." We got there at 11pm so we wouldn't have to pay the 10 Euro cover, and then bought one beer for five euro. Even after saving the cover, it was looking like it was going to be a one beer kind of night. Anything other than a beer, like cocktails, were 12 Euro!!!!!!! Thats like 16 dollars! Holy Cow!

Expensive liquids aside, the club was fun. At first there were not a lot of people, but as the night went on more and more showed up. There was a really cool band who had crazy music and even crazier dance moves like Molly Ringwald in the Breakfast club. Also there was a huge mix of people ranging from students and tourists, to some people with some VERY fancy shoes/jewelry/handbags/pants/tops/dresses.

In the end, it was good to see the discotheque, but as I sort of imagined-- its not really for me. In addition to despising the phenomenal profit made of 5 euro beers and 12 euro cocktails (though I get it, you are paying for the drink AND just to be there), the loudness, drunkenness, and flashiness of the whole scene just isn't quite my style. Too loud to talk, too expensive to snack, too crazy for a Katharine like myself! I am glad I saw it, but 2am is definitely past my bedtime!