Today is our last full day in Paris. Tomorrow we take the chunnel train to England. We spent the morning at the Orangerie Museum, which has Monet’s huge water lily paintings in two very large oval rooms. It also has a large collection of artists from the impressionistic era and later. We stopped for lunch. While we were eating, we saw a large honor guard of maybe 100 mounted police. We found out that the President of South Korea, Moon Jae, is visiting.

After lunch we visited Notre Dame cathedral.

This is also the area where the iconic green book stalls are located. They sit next to the sidewalk. They are easily locked up. When the owner wants to open, they unlock the stall and swing the doors open. Some of these sell trinkets, but most sell used books and magazines.

We’re taking a bit of a rest this afternoon. Tonight we will have dinner with Thierry Koeberle, an old colleague of mine from Malco / Schlumberger / Axalto / Gemalto.