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Pompidou Center
Pompidou is a prime tourist location in Paris. On top of containing thousands of modern art exhibits featuring Kandinsky, Picasso, and Dali, the surrounding area is also a lot of fun.
Stravinsky Fountains
Next to the Pompidou center there are gorgeous fountains with beautiful modern art sculptures spraying water; just sitting there is relaxing as well as an interesting art exhibit in and of itself. Even the graffiti (showing an excerpt from a Dali painting) behind the fountain can’t be erased because it too, is an example of modern art. The building in the background also blends together the old and the new, acting as a transition between Paris’ old and specific style architecture and the unique, colorful modern sculptures of the fountain. Looking at the exterior of the building itself, you’ll realize that the entire building’s façade is modern art too, with a futuristic glass and steel scaffolding exterior with all tubes, escalators, and utility pipes visible on the outside. The architect’s idea was by leaving all the utilities on the outside, the entire interior could be used to display the art. 
Pompidou Center Exterior
Within the museum itself you can see a variety of differently styled modern art from the 1950’s to now. All these paintings, however, require you to think; not one is simplistic enough to understand even after looking at it 10 times.
Avalanche
Sweat Shop (Moving sculpture)
After being overwhelmed by all the incredible artwork, you can relax and look out from the top, where there’s a great view of Montmartre.
View of Montmartre from Pompidou
Montmartre
For our tour of Montmartre, our tour guide was William. Although he’s a musicologist and most knowledgeable in music and as a tour guide for the opera house, he still managed to lead us through the scenic neighborhoods of Montmartre, and even the basilica, in an entertaining way.
Sacred Heart Basilica on Montmartre
View from Montmartre
On top of learning the story behind Montmartre and how it came to be, we learned many other interesting stories including one about a statue from a French children’s story.
Disappearing man that got “stuck” in a wall (French children’s story)
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