Paris Revisited

Because we left out so much on the first visit to Paris, my friend Cat and I decided to go back. It meant not going to London, but I would rather say that I actually completely saw Paris, and after this trip I feel that I can. So, we go up really really early and caught the first flight from Rome to Paris on Friday and got there by 10am. We dropped off our stuff at the hotel and headed straight for the Louvre. After a couple of hours we saw the whole thing. For the Louvre's website click here


The pyramid of the Louvre from inside the Louvre

I'm not going to post all of the pictures of what I saw (there isn't enough space). But here are some...

Winged Victory, one of my favorite statues


Cupid and Psyche, another great statue


one of Michelangelo's Slaves


The Raft of Medusa by Géricault

And of course....

the Mona Lisa


here it is with some scale, it actually isn't that small, only compared to the other giant paintings.

THEN we went to the Musée d'Orsay, which I fell in love with obviously because of its collection of impressionists.


VAN GOTETHE!


Lautrec


Monet


Monet again


Renior


Degas


eh even though I think its a boring image Whistler's Mother


the museum is inside an old train station


even though its blury I like this one


Louvre at night

The next day we wandered around Montmartre because it was close to the hotel. We stopped at Starbucks for breakfast. I can't help it I'm addicted if there is a Starbucks in a city I have to go.


This one happened to be right across the street from the Moulin Rouge

We then hopped on the Metro and went to Versailles.


Chateau


Portrait of young Marie


Again its blury but I think its cool that each room is a different color


Me in the Hall of Mirrors


we couldn't escape Rome


Marie Antoinette's bedroom, they really only let you into a few rooms out of the many that are there


it was raining on and off but when we got outside the sky looked so cool


me in front of the gardens


when we got back to the city we went to Notre Dame again


this time we went inside


back of Notre Dame at evening

Cat and I decided to do dinner on the boat tour that takes you up and down the Seine. My favorite moment was when Edith Piaf's La Vie En Rose began to play.


the Eiffel Tower light up at night, crooked because I was on a boat