The Louvre Museum is huge on the outside, and even bigger on the inside, and our first adventure of the day. We have prebooked tickets to avoid the queues. When we arrive it takes us some time to find where to pick up the tickets, it is from a seedy looking bloke lurking in the shade smoking Guiloises, but he was as good as his word. Then through security and we are in. Andy and I agree to meet at the coffee shop near the entrance in 2:30 hours. Much easier than staying together. The Louvre was originally a defensive fortress and was once the main residences of French kings. It became a museum in 1793 and now exhibits over 73,000 sq.m of artworks. There are around 35,00 artworks on display. The floors are labelled -2,
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