Art or Not

France has the greatest number of museums in the world. It has brought lots of experience and creativity into making great museums.

One place makes this trip to France all worthy ⎯ Centre Georges Pompidou. The museum presents amazing works from young artists to the masters in modern art. I saw some of the finest work that totally blew my mind away and overthrew my prejudice toward contemporary art of being "a compound of random meaningless junks". They are not junks when cleverly executed with originality.

The structure of this museum is a piece of work. All the pipes of the architecture is literally outside painted in different colors. One of the walls is completely see through showing off the sixth-floor escalator. A giant installation art greets you at the front door. Elegant neon signs guiding visitors to the left toward the museum collection and to the right into the galleries. The café, bookstore, and library inside the building are opened to the public to excess. It's a museum so fun to be in! Although it doesn't offer discount to students, it's worth every penny for.



You can't talk about France and not its food. A good dessert is definitely the high point of a French meal. This dessert has pineapple in layers, strawberries on the top, coconut mousse in between, and grapes around the plate. It's too pretty to look at, and too yummy to bite into. :>



I was on my way for some hot chocolate when I bumped into this giant billboard at the Madeline district. After shopping for too many museums and antique buildings, I forgot that Paris is also on top of the game in fashion. But I did took photos of the LV and Ferrari store front for my sis. :>