Paris: Part 2

My second day in Paris, I spent almost entirely at the Louvre, and why not? Really? I mean, the place is MASSIVE. Did I expect to see everything? Hell no. But I had to see everything I should see--everything I would be sorry about not seeing later.

When I first laid eyes on the famous Pyramids, I was quite overcome--much more than I expected. There wasn't a lot of people there. It was sort of quiet, besides the traffic. And I suddenly felt very excited and happy when I saw that giant glass pyramid. It definitely a "holy shit, this is really happening" moment. The day before I saw sort of soaking it all in, in a daze, but that day--it felt real. It was the same moment I had at Shelley's grave in Rome. It was great.

Then I went inside, and there were a lot of people in there and the moment was over. But I'm not complaining. I spent most of my time with the statues. For some reason, those are always my favorite, especially when they are depicting the Greek myths.

Athena

Cupid and Psyche

Hermes

The famous Venus de Milo

Apollo

Artemis

Victory

Then, of course, I had to see the Egyptian stuff, which was awesome. Mummies. Sculptures. Hieroglyphics. I was in Archaeological nerd heaven.

Look at the colors! So much more vivid than I expected.

The green people are dead. How appropriate! Haha.

Oh and you cannot visit the Louvre without seeing its most famous resident...as about two hundred other people also had to do at the same time as me.

The Mona Lisa! It was small, but not as small as I expected.

I saw some other paintings, but if I keep going like this you, well be here for days. So here's my last one:

Romeo and Juliet

Then I left the Louvre and walked through the Tuileries Gardens, which weren't so impressive because it was November and all. No flowers or leaves. Not much of garden. However, I did stop tp sit down and these little fellows sat across from me.

My dad dubbed them Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and the really brave one on the table is d'Artagnan.

My first view of the Eiffel Tower, through the fog.

Finally, I ended the day with a walk along the Champs-Elysee, where I stumbled upon a Christmas Market! The first stall I came across was a place, selling €3 Nutella crepes. It was warm, chocolaty goodness. Mm, mm, mmm. I ended up coming to this Christmas market just about every day I was in Paris, to eat crepes and German sausages (no jokes please *glares*), and drink hot wine. So freaking tasty, and cheap.

 Of course, the Champs-Elysee ends with the Arc de Triomphe!

Day Two in Paris: tout fini!