Louvre – Paris by Tour Bus – Arc de Triomphe

The day began with a Metro ride to the Louvre. Lots of misconceptions very quickly laid to rest:  the Mona Lisa is actually a reasonably sized painting; the Louvre is huge – we spend 6 hours in the museum and saw maybe a third of it; the French possess a lot of pieces of antiquity.

So many beautiful paintings, sculptures and artifacts. It makes your head spin. Bernie’s favorites were the paintings and sculptures, Chris thoroughly enjoyed the Egyptian artifacts.



Got onto the Paris Hop-on Hop-off tour – there is a lot of gold in Paris. The tour took us to the Arc de Triomphe – we climbed to the top, 284 steps – not so bad a climb – what amazing views.

 

Had supper at a lovely sidewalk pizzeria restaurant – Bernie had pepperoni  pizza and Chris had a veal with cream & mushroom sauce dinner. The French can do amazing things with cream.  It’s been a memorable two days in Paris.

Off to Germany tomorrow, more to follow …