July 26th: More Paris!
EXPERIENCED the Louvre!The Louvre is Europe's oldest, biggest, greatest, and second-most-crowded museum (after the Vatican). The museum is housed in a 16th century palace, and has this cool glass pyramid in the center. We downloaded Rick Steve's audio guide on my ipod to help us navigate through the 12 miles of museum.
A few of the famous masterpieces...This is La Venus De Milo. She's an ancient greek statute who is supposed to depict the Goddess of love and beauty. She lost her arms, can you guess what they were doing??
Next is Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
The painting was so much smaller than I imagined. "Lady Lisa" is very mysterious...is she smiling or frowning? Very crowded place to be!
Here are Michelangelos' Slaves.
There's the Dying Slave and the Rebellious Slave.
The painting was so much smaller than I imagined. "Lady Lisa" is very mysterious...is she smiling or frowning? Very crowded place to be!
Here are Michelangelos' Slaves.
There's the Dying Slave and the Rebellious Slave.
Well, we were at the Louvre all day until it closed, and still only saw 1 of the 3 wings of art! It was so exciting! Where next??
We grabbed a quick bite to eat (Baguette and sweets) and headed to Pont Neuf and caught the 8pm cruise on the Seine River. Saw all the beautiful sights of Paris including the Orsay Museum, Eiffel Tower, Ro
yal Palace, Napoleon's Palace, Notre Dame, and heard the history of the old bridges. Under this bridge, we had to make a wish, then kiss someone for it to come true! Try kissing someone and taking a photo at the same time while concentrating very hard on your wish!!
After our lovely cruise we walked to the Eiffel Tower. Waited in line for about 30 minutes and headed up to the top level. Breath-taking views from the top, and it was so beautiful at night. The tower is lit up at night, and every so often the strobe lights come on...very cool!
Once we set foot on ground again, we ran to catch the midnight train back to La Gurniere. Note: the Metro is often hidden!
We grabbed a quick bite to eat (Baguette and sweets) and headed to Pont Neuf and caught the 8pm cruise on the Seine River. Saw all the beautiful sights of Paris including the Orsay Museum, Eiffel Tower, Ro
yal Palace, Napoleon's Palace, Notre Dame, and heard the history of the old bridges. Under this bridge, we had to make a wish, then kiss someone for it to come true! Try kissing someone and taking a photo at the same time while concentrating very hard on your wish!!
After our lovely cruise we walked to the Eiffel Tower. Waited in line for about 30 minutes and headed up to the top level. Breath-taking views from the top, and it was so beautiful at night. The tower is lit up at night, and every so often the strobe lights come on...very cool!
Once we set foot on ground again, we ran to catch the midnight train back to La Gurniere. Note: the Metro is often hidden!
posted by Aleycia & Jim @ 11:48 AM
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ohhhh...I LOVE Paris! Your blog takes me right back there.
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