This is a small clip just before we entered the Louve. I wan't to start the video over but Pete wouldn't let me...he said it was cute (whatever). FYI: I'm typing but Pete is sitting next to me, editing as I type. After walking so much the first day, we took my brother A.J.a's advice and decided to use public transportation...definitely worth the money! We arrived at the Louve and began our tour of this massive museum....it would be impossible to view everything in one day so we hit the highlights (still took a few hours)...which mainly reside in the Denon wing. We saw paintings from Titian, Giotto, and of course Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. So many other master's works but not enough time to name them all...wish we could post all the pictures Pete took. From the Louve we caught a bus to Sacre Couer and climbed up to the dome...the view was magnificient. It seems like every place we go we climb some sort of tower or dome which has a minimum of 200 steps!
Ok, well as we are typing we are realizing that our timeline may be a little off, but the experiences are all the same. Sorry if it gets confusing or out of order. We are running out of time for Paris...so in a nutshell, we also: had a night time picnic on the lawn under the Eiffel Tower, picniced there again the following day for lunch (unfortunately we had to throw away our leftovers to enter a museum), we also saw Modern art at the Pompidou...which I loved and Pete thought it was "a bit strange"...except for some Picassos and a few other works. Saw Notre Dome, didn't climb due to a line that was about 2 miles long! The last night we went down Pigalle and saw the Moulin Rouge.
A few key things about Paris: People were friendlier and more helpful then the stereotypes led us to believe. They drive like maniacs...but not as bad as here in Florence. Such a beautiful time, we were there only 3 days and you would need a lifetime, or atleast a week to see it all!
Are you going to see Michelangelo's David while in Florence? We had to get reserved tickets so we didn't have to wait in line so long, and it was totally worth it.
ReplyDeleteI am so thrilled for you guys....trip of a lifetime. And you were right to do it while you can, because once you get into the routine of married life.....well, it's hard to do that sort of thing. Everything is so beautiful, and I love your narratives. Can't wait to see you and get it all firsthand. See you in Atlanta on the 22nd.
ReplyDeleteYes, we saw the David yesterday...It's so much better in person...and bigger! We decided to wing it and only had to wait about 10 minutes, but we were eating gelato so it wasn't that bad :)
ReplyDelete