Louvre

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I’ve got months and months of photos to get through and have decided to let the photos do most of the talking. If you have a specific question about a location drop me a line.

I made it to the Louvre and spent the full day (the museums late closing day) walking, looking, pondering and hoping that I’d get a chance to come back. Yes, I did see the Monna Lisa. While I was impressed there was so many more great works within a minutes walk of the painting that were going ignored I decided to spend my time with them. So many people were taking flash photos of the Monna I’d be surprised if any of the photos came out halfway clear - go buy a postcard!

Yes, the museum is immense. No one person can hope to ever see everything housed within its walls, just walk and stop when something catches your fancy.

PS: one of my pet peeves is people that walk around a museum with a video camera glued to their eye as they walk double time without pausing (panning back and forth hoping to capture a 0.5 second clip of each painting). Are you ever going to watch that blurry low quality film of paintings that you could have paused and taken a look at with your own eyes? Get a clue leave the camera at home!

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Photos

Early Bird Gets in Line
I was there the full day and while I may have walked the full museum I only saw a 1/10 of the items at best.

Louvre Chalice -- Dan Brown
Required reading for backpackers.

Louvre at Night
I was there for the opening and one of the last to leave that night. My feet were so sore and my mind was in a fog.