Today we visited Musee du Louvre, the biggest museum in the world. To see all of it, and appreciate it, you would have to live there for years. It borders on sensory overload. The Louvre contains so many great works by so many great masters they are displayed two and three high in some rooms.
The crowd was huge! I felt like I was fighting through a mosh pit to get a photo of the Mona Lisa, not that I have ever been in a mosh pit, but I imagine this was a similar experience. I recommend that before you visit, determine their lowest attendance day of the year, and plan your entire trip around that day. Seriously. Many visiting cultures have no regard for personal space.
I thought Mona Lisa winked at me, but I am now thinking it was just the thousands of flashes firing in syncopated waves. It is unbelievable that flash is allowed in the Louvre. How rude!
Believe it or not, the Mona Lisa is not the only painting by da Vinci, but it was his favorite. He even took it with him when he traveled. Here is another sample of his greatness:
Two great sculptures, Winged Victory, and Venus de Milo
Here is one of my two great works of art:
I like the works by Renoir: they are soft, pretty, and usually everyone has their clothes on, which makes them easier to study intently with my mother and son always lurking around:
A little souvenir shopping...
Tomorrow we are off to see The Queen of England, she just does not know it yet.
JRT
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