They were rebels, outcasts of the Paris art scene and today you can view the

works of impressionist painters that we so enjoy at the places where Rodin,

Renoir and Monet created their masterpieces. Every time I'm visiting Giverny I

feel like if I'm walking through one of his paintings. Take a closer look at the

Louvre and you can find stories that the great art museum can reveal about

Paris over the centuries. The Louvre is one of the great architectural and cultural

masterpieces in Paris in itself not just for what it contains. And don't get

upset if your plans for a perfect week in Paris get disrupted by street

demonstrations and transit delays. It's all part of your authentic experience.

I mean often my life we've been going through protests I would say a best

week in Paris is a week with a protest or a week with a strike otherwise it's

not Paris it's not France. Find out what a visit to Paris can do for you in the

hour ahead. It's travel with Rick Steves. What should you do to give yourself a

perfect week in Paris? A pair of French tour guides have recommendations and

just a bit on today's all-Paris edition of Travel with Rick Steves. And

architecture critic James Gardner returns with pointers for your first time at

the massive Louvre art museum. Even if you don't go in the building itself can

tell you stories about the history of France. Let's start the hour with expert

advice for enjoying the impressionist art that we treasure today. It all started

in Paris. At first it was too radical for most back in the late 19th century but

a group of artists in Paris kept experimenting with capturing the

vagaries of light and shadow on their canvases and making the outdoors their

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