Rain, rain, rain

Today we could not avoid the rain. I finally got mid-afternoon tickets to the Open which you have to buy the day before so it is a crap shoot. We planned to visit the Paris Modern museum before tennis. It is located on Rue de President Wilson and the permanent collection is free to tour. It is a small collection but the Matisse pictured below is very large and very stunning. The room was constructed for this piece and its companion which is the "test" work.

Matisse - The Dancers

 While waiting for the rain to hopefully let up, we sat at a cafe with heated outdoor seating. It was fun to relax and watch the people go by. I decided this woman waiting for the bus with the fashionable coat, pants, boots and umbrella kind of represented the day.

We did make it to Roland Garros where play was suspended. The rain let up long enough for play to resume but then it started up again. They continued to play in the light right. The line judge (wearing the red jacket) in the picture was not happy with the court referee that he had to sit in the rain and judge. What about the players?!

This match ended and we were going to stay for the next but I wanted to get up. We both did some souvenir shopping then while deciding which court to go to next, the skies opened up big time. I didn't have my rain poncho so we stood under an awning for the longest time.

It finally let up a bit but I surmised that they were not going to resume play so we left. The plan was to get to Paris Opera to see ballet but there were just too many people trying to get to the Metro and it took us longer than expected. By the time we arrived, the performance had started and there was no way to get late seating.