Paris Olympics Day 3- Musée Marmottan Monet and Women's USA Quarterfinal Futbol

We spent the day in an area of Paris we had never been to before! We had tickets to an afternoon women's quarterfinal futbol match at Parc des Prince so went early to see the surrounding area. High on my list was the Museé Marmottan Monet. I'd seen a great Monet exhibit with my aunt Margaret last fall in Madrid and learned that many of the pieces were on loan from this museum, the largest collection of Monet's in the world. They had a special exhibit for the Olympics on sports in art. 

I loved the work by Berthe Morisot, the first female impressionist artist. 

The museum was on the edge of the huge Bois de Boulogne and I wish we'd had more time to explore it. We walked around a lake to a cafe for lunch. And from there, called an Uber to take us to the arena for the futbol match. 

When we bought all of our Olympic tickets in February 2023, of course, we had no idea which teams we would get to see compete. This was especially true for our women's quarterfinal futbol tickets. When the groups were drawn, I learned that the US Women's team was in a group where the winner would go on to the match we had tickets for. I held my breath and got more and more excited as the US dominated their group. It was a dream come to true to watch team USA play (and win!) in Paris! 

We were one of a handful of groups cheering for USA in our section of the stadium. Most people were cheering for Japan. We were rather obnoxious with our cheering and smug when we won!

This game called for Pete's USA toughie tee! 

ISA friends who were also in the city for the games got last-minute tickets after USA was announced and we got to see them briefly after the game. 

We wandered for a while after the game, trying to gain access to the nearby gardens of the tennis venue, but they were closed. As we detoured to a metro, we saw fans spilling out of all of the area bars. The mixed martial arts final was on and France was dominating (and went on to win). The atmosphere was so fun and I wanted to stay in Paris for all of the games! 

Pete led us to a beer bar he wanted to check out and we got to control the TV to continue watching events while having dinner. 

We were all giddy from the excitement!