The Musee D'Orsay picks up where the Louvre leaves off; they exhibit French art from the nineteenth century (actually to 1914). This is the largest collection of impressionist art in the world (Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissaro, Sisley; Van Gough, etc.). The building is an old railway terminal that was slated for teardown in the '70s. It was renovated into a large museum and exhibits from around Paris were collected in this one place. And it is impressive. If you like impressionist art, this is the place to be. We got there on the #69 bus, which was a pleasure for sore feet. After lunch we decided to treat ourselves to a taxi home. 
We had dinner at Au Bouquet St Paul, a very nice restaurant on the corner of Rue St. Paul and Rue St. Antoine. This was our second meal here and we will surely return. We also discovered that this place has a Wi-Fi (pronounced wee-fee) signal for customers to use.Paris has a system of public bicycle rentals called Velib (you might call it "city bike"). There are racks of bikes all over the city. You take one (after inserting a card in the rack) and drop it off at any other site. The first twenty minutes are free. You see people riding these bikes all around; they may be slower than motor scooters but they sure are quieter and there's no problem with parking.
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