Paris trip

Am going to Paris tomorrow for 2 days! Am going to see the Gérome exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay and do some archival research on Regnault's painting Execution under the Moors. Am taking the Eurostar: departure at 8.02 in the morning, arrival at 11.30! (That's 2 1/2 hours with the time difference.)

I am a bit excited but I always get anxious about such trips as well... At least I'm not flying. Am willing to pay extra for the peace of a train journey.

Gerome is fabulous!

And this is one of my favourite paintings of the 19th century and a staple on my desktop: Regnault's Execution!