Paris - Saturday, 19 April 2014: Boys' Own Adventure

One of the rites of passage planned for this holiday is for Andrew to take William to the Imperial War Museum in London.  However, sometimes the unplanned events deliver great enjoyment, and so it was this morning when Andrew and Will visited the French equivalent, the Musée de l’Armée, at Les Invalides in Paris.

Andrew had never visited this museum before, and soon declared he could easily spend two days there.  In addition to the regular collections, the boys visited a special exhibit on the Mousquetaires (which Will turned into his joke of the day, “What lives in Les Invalides and eats cheese?”).  Other highlights were the numerous canons, suits of armour, and hand-held weapons.  The three barrel pistol bemused us, as we debated whether it was designed for soldiers who were bad shots, or soldiers who could use it to shoot more than one person at the same time!