Paris, Day 6

Today was a long, hard day!

We started off at the Louvre, where we saw so much art that my brain was on overload! There is too much to talk about, so you will just have to look at the pictures. A point to note, if you love are you could easily spend an entire day there and still not really see everything! We just did the highlights basically, and it still took us over three hours! The place is huge! One nice thing, there is a very nice café in the Denon Wing (where the Mona Lisa is) called Café Molen—I think—that allows you to eat on the terrace overlooking the main courtyard; great atmosphere!

After the Louvre, we went strolled up the street to La Madeline, eating several pastries along the way—wow you could get fat on pastries quick here—and quickly passing by some expensive shops which Jenni kept taking pictures of ;-). La Madeline was beautiful, but alas no photography again. (Which I understand as it is a working church; however we found it kind of funny that all of these places which do not allow photography because they are a “working church” want you to visit their gift shop which is right inside the church…hmm…anyway!) ;-)

Following La Madeline, we headed up the street to the Opera Garnier—where the Phantom still roams!!!—which was absolutely gorgeous as well! We didn’t get to go inside the auditorium, because they were rehearsing for an opera, but we did get to take plenty of pictures of the rest of the place; amazing!

We then headed up the street to the Place de la Bastille, which is just a square now (as the Bastille was torn down after the Revolution). In the middle of the square, is a monument dedicated to those who lost their lives during the second revolution, which put the king back in power. The statute on top is Liberty giving away a crown.

After that, we took a walk through the Marias (Jewish Quarter), to the home of Victor Hugo (not much to see, really only recommend if you are a Les Mis fan; or if you just want to walk through the Jewish Quarter—which is away from the tourists).

That’s all for today! Like I said, the pictures tell it all; and unfortunately they do not do justice at all!