On January 29th I celebrated the arrival of the year of the snake with my little brother in Paris. The time we get to spend together is so precious and I cherish every moment that we can bond and get to know each other in new ways throughout our now adult lives. I lightly planned an afternoon and evening to enjoy and emerse ourselves in Asian art and Lunar New Year traditions. We went to the Guimet Museum near Trocadero. It was our first time going and the exhibitions were so impressive. Full of large scale sculptures, artifacts, pottery, jewelry and more. So much that you could truly loose yourself in the ambiance and find new things to discover even in a room you had already been in.
The art displayed was from many different areas of the Asian continent, such as India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Japan, the Himalayas, Kazakhstan and more. Truly worth seeing if you happen to be in Paris (especially when the weather isn't ideal for outdoor exploring). They also have a restaurant downstairs that was opening to the public on the 30th of January.
Later that evening we decided to go to Passage Choiseul to explore some Korean, Japanese and Chinese boutiques then went to Rue Sainte-Anne, the Japanese/Korean quarter to wander a bit but the weather was cold and rainy so we ended up going back to where we started and went to a Chinese restaurant for dumplings and noodles. Always important to call in/manifest good luck practices or whatever you'd like to refer to it as. I'm a believer in if it will bring positivity and blessings I'm always interested in partaking. Perfect way to end the evening holding tightly to these new memories as we parted ways braving the rain and the crowded subway till I reached my hotel.
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