Honeymoon- Day 26- Quimper to Paris

Tour de France excitement lingers into the next day.  

Even though the cyclists and their teams are on their way to another city for the next segment of the race, they have a presence in the city until the late morning.

Our train leaves in the early afternoon, which gave us a little more time to explore Quimper.

This art installation was recommended by the hotel employee.  

From April until this month only, 95 wolf statues by Chinese artist Liu Ruo Wang will be displayed.

Did I do that?

Today is our last morning in Europe with cappuccinos and pastries (for awhile). 

Au revoir Quimper!

Back in Paris, we are so ready to see Moulin Rouge!  

We ate at an Italian owned lasagneria, just a few minutes from the theatre.  

Our tickets (like many others) included a bottle of champagne.

Moulin Rouge has been including champagne with their ticket prices for over a hundred years, and so is the world's largest consumer of champagne, serving 240,000 bottles to its 600,000 customers each year.

The cabaret show opened its doors in 1899. 

There are topless women dancing, doing the can-can and swimming with snakes.  There are well-trained miniature horses, contortionists, and daredevil roller skaters.  

A typical show will have 80 artists, 20 of those being men.

It wasn't until more recently that the employees had to worry about sneaky cell phones capturing videos and pictures.  They have a strict policy in place, and you are monitored the entire time.  If you want to relive it later, you have to pay.  I think it is better just to enjoy it in the moment anyway.

This is the second time I have seen it, and a first for Eric, and we were both enthralled and engrossed for the entire one and a half hours.  It is so well done.  

(And for the record, it is nothing like that terrible film with Nicole Kidman.)

Ahhh, the last full day of our honeymoon!

Not a bad ending with such iconic entertainment.