Once up and about we headed for the Louvre. The building itself is very pretty and was once a French Palace. You go through the glass pyramid and into a huge chamber where you buy your tickets and audio guides and start on your exploration.
We checked out the Egyptian artifacts
before we headed towards the famous Mona Lisa.
She wasn't as impressive as I thought
she would be. I was expecting a huge portrait about 2m tall, but she
is only about 50cm high. There were so many people cramming in to
get a look or have their picture taken near it, I was amazed. And
the security is nothing of what I expected either. I was expecting
guards and no pictures to be taken, but no, just a fence and a piece
of glass over it. Maybe it's not the real one.......
We then took the train back to our
hotel and had a bit of a rest before heading out again. This time we
were on a night time cruise then bus tour of the city.
The cruise was very cold. But we got to
check out the city from a different angle. The coolest thing for me
was the padlocks. On some of the bridges, hundreds of people have
attached padlocks with their names and the name of their partner on
them, onto the bridge. Very cool.
Then we were on the bus. We were up
top at the front, perfect spot. We toured round the city, checking
out all the landmarks under lights, then we stopped in front of the
Eifel tower, perfectly timed for her to start her sparkle.
We then went for a walk in the
nightclub type section of paris and checked out the souvenir shops.
We found some dinner and another crepe before we braved the train
ride back to our unit, and survived.
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