LOUVRE

The Louve is a huge place with rooms and anterooms on all sides.   It was so easy to get lost.   I felt like I had to kept trying to find where I was and where I was going.   Everyone was very helpful.

Ruth and I had our evening meal at the Louvre, then split up to each do our own thing at our own pace.   It worked out nicely.   We went in the evening because she thought it would be cheaper, but it wasn't.  She was a little upset over it thinking that we would have been able to spend more time there.   There were fewer people, so I think that made up for it.

The glass pyramid is the security check in place, then you go under ground to buy tickets, go to the toilette, purchase food, etc.

Above were a row of sphinxes that I found interesting.   Much of the egyptian relics were quite fascinating.   Below is Rameses II.

 Below is Aphrodite, aka VENUS DE MILO

And of course, the most famous, Mona Lisa.   The portrait was covered by glass, so there are reflections in the picture.   The guards were close by and loads of people crowding in to take pictures.   I just took 3-4 from different angles hoping one would turn out.



Getting lost, the humidity inside the building, made my decision to pick and chose my favorites and enjoy the journey along the way, then go outside.   I found a little sidewalk cafe and had a glass of wine. The server gave it to me, then another one came and asked me to move to a corner...... make room for more people.   All of the tables are tiny and only seat 2-3 people, but I guess the real estate where I was sitting was more valuable than the corner lot!   I sipped, then gulped and left.

I bumbled into a metro and knew where I needed to go on it, so down I went.   Got off at a transfer stop and then got on the train going in the opposite direction.  I realized it at the next stop, but couldn't get off so had to go one more stop, then turn around.   WHEW, made it.   When I came up at my stop the lighted Eiffel Tower and the bridge were a welcomed sight.