NY Times Travel:
In Paris, a Feast of Art and History, in Bite-Size Pieces. “... there are dozens of smaller Parisian museums that won’t require a whole day nor a battle plan to ‘do’ them.” Ah, yes, the ‘do’ syndrome. I assume Paris has experienced the American “walking” tourist, as we in Santa Fe have. “I’m going to ‘do’ Canyon Road.” They come, with walking shorts and brand new ‘walking sneakers’ [New Balance, usually, because balance is so important at that age], socks pulled up to the knees, and proceed to briskly walk through every gallery at speed, never pausing to appreciate a single piece of artwork; the goal is to walk through every gallery to the end of Canyon, and return, within a day.
“Which artists did you like the best?”
“I don’t know; they all look the same after a while.”
How many times I’ve heard that ... Paris probably gets it even more. Better to visit the less-travelled museums, and immerse yourself at a leisurely pace, as they recommend here.
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