Our weekend in Paris was truly fantastic. With a little advance planning, we were able to take in most of the sights we had the desire to view, and enjoy much of what the city is famous for. I want to spend more time there someday, but for having only a weekend, we saw a lot.
We used the metro for transportation. It was a little grimy, but some of the most eloquent things we found were actually underground. I almost got closed in the door of the metro at the Louvre trying to take a picture of a man playing an accordion in our car. The music was so beautiful, and it put us in a great mood! The people who were on the platform behind us came rushing over to see if I was bleeding, apparently getting closed in a Paris Metro car door is not something that happens everyday there, lol! Leave it to me!
As we walked up under the Louvre, there was a group of ten or so men all playing stringed instruments, it was so beautiful with the sound echoing off the walls of the underground passageways.
We walked through the mall under the Louvre first. It was truly a beautiful mall, with incredible window displays. There were many things I wish I had brought home with me, but well, suitcase space and budget constraints prevented me from going too crazy! We did buy some charm bracelets for Jason's daughter and his neice, they were too pretty and perfect to pass up.
We toured the Louvre rather quickly, we had a few things we wanted to see but we didn't really want to spend all day in a museum, even if it is the Louvre!
We saw the Mona Lisa, and I got a great picture of it, which was high on my priority list. I also finally got to see Winged Victory in person, it is way larger than I imagined, but exquisitely detailed!
On the way out I stopped and mailed a post card of the Mona Lisa to my son. interestingly enough to mail a postcard you have to enclose it in an envelope, which kid of defeats the purpose of having it postmarked at the Louvre, doesn't it?? Anyway, it was still a cute idea and my son loved it when he recieved it in the mail!
