PARIS
THE LOUVRE
- Da Vinci code anyone? Talk about illustrating my imagination! This place was the highlight of Paris! What an incredible museum, full of historic icons throughout time. The first painting we saw was the Mona Lisa, no I didn't get any good pictures, for obvious reasons...and to be completely honest, I was a little disapointed to behold the most famous painting in the world, a wee bit smaller than I imagined and to stare at it from 7 ft away. The room was too claustrophobic even at 10:00 a.m. But regardless, it was still amazing to stand before her. The Mona Lisa, a painting I'd known since childhood. It was almost too cool enigmatic
Madona of the Rocks-
This painting (also in the movie Da Vinci code) was really impressive. How crazy, I got to see these old famous paintings!! This place looks a whole lot different in the day with a zillion tourists...not quite like the movie. But I felt a little mischievious, perhaps I should have pulled the power and got my flourecent lighting out to see if there was anything written...naw, I just wanted explore more of the building!
Venus di Milo
The goddess Aphrodite. Once again, I stood jaw dropped and speechless.
A beautiful sculpture in itself, but too many people...claustrophobia...I should look into getting VIP treatment next time after hours.
THE MUMMY
This is a real mummy they extracted from one of the tombs. Creepy... I loved it! The Egyptian wing was one of my favorites, I enjoyed it immensely! I couldn't believe how many tombs they had displayed and yet there were hardly any people in this wing. I can't wait to go to egypt someday. This place was a mini-series of "Around the world in 3 hours"
The Siene
ARC di TRIUMPH!
What a gloomy day...sorry the pictures aren't brighter, it rained on us almost all day. This, unlike the Mona Lisa, was a LOT bigger than I expected! Another jaw dropped, speechless moment.
Liz and I paid 5 euros to climb the spiral staircase, what seemed like 10 stories high, froze while we took some nerdy tourist pictures, and then went back down 10 minutes later. Paris is not cheap! But it was the greatest view from up there, deffinitely worth it, but gee whizers!
I will...I will... I will Triumph!
- Da Vinci code anyone? Talk about illustrating my imagination! This place was the highlight of Paris! What an incredible museum, full of historic icons throughout time. The first painting we saw was the Mona Lisa, no I didn't get any good pictures, for obvious reasons...and to be completely honest, I was a little disapointed to behold the most famous painting in the world, a wee bit smaller than I imagined and to stare at it from 7 ft away. The room was too claustrophobic even at 10:00 a.m. But regardless, it was still amazing to stand before her. The Mona Lisa, a painting I'd known since childhood. It was almost too cool enigmatic
Madona of the Rocks-This painting (also in the movie Da Vinci code) was really impressive. How crazy, I got to see these old famous paintings!! This place looks a whole lot different in the day with a zillion tourists...not quite like the movie. But I felt a little mischievious, perhaps I should have pulled the power and got my flourecent lighting out to see if there was anything written...naw, I just wanted explore more of the building!
Venus di MiloThe goddess Aphrodite. Once again, I stood jaw dropped and speechless.
A beautiful sculpture in itself, but too many people...claustrophobia...I should look into getting VIP treatment next time after hours.
THE MUMMYThis is a real mummy they extracted from one of the tombs. Creepy... I loved it! The Egyptian wing was one of my favorites, I enjoyed it immensely! I couldn't believe how many tombs they had displayed and yet there were hardly any people in this wing. I can't wait to go to egypt someday. This place was a mini-series of "Around the world in 3 hours"
The Siene
ARC di TRIUMPH!What a gloomy day...sorry the pictures aren't brighter, it rained on us almost all day. This, unlike the Mona Lisa, was a LOT bigger than I expected! Another jaw dropped, speechless moment.
Liz and I paid 5 euros to climb the spiral staircase, what seemed like 10 stories high, froze while we took some nerdy tourist pictures, and then went back down 10 minutes later. Paris is not cheap! But it was the greatest view from up there, deffinitely worth it, but gee whizers!
I will...I will... I will Triumph!
(another French Kiss stop)
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