On Monday, I woke up early to get ready for the Louvre. Did you know that if you spend 30 seconds in front of every piece of artwork, you would have died 3 times? I didn't. Jill and I got ready in record time for us and headed downstairs for breakfast. I was in HEAVEN! There was bread and cheese everywhere. Good thing I don't live in France, I would definitely be fat. I stuffed myself full with a piece of baguette with cheese, two lovely croissants, and a cup of hot chocolate. What a way to start the day. Too bad it was raining again.
So we left to head to the metro. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the metro. It is very convenient, but it is also very stinky, dirty, and I do not like people touching me. I felt rather claustrophobic, I think. I also am not a good navigator anyway and while I could figure out what line to take, for some reason I always chose the wrong direction. Silly me. That would be why I did not navigate for our little excursions.
Finally, we arrived. It was beautiful. We stopped at the Arc first to take some pictures and have fun. It was very beautiful. I love the artwork on the top with the horses. We also had to look out for pic pockets. They are very big in France because children aren't really reprimanded by the law. There is no such thing as juvy court in France.
The Louvre was fun, but it is exhausting. We got there at a good time, when there really weren't a lot of people. We went to the Egyptian part of the museum first and looked at the Sphinx and everything else. The group somewhat stayed together until some wanted to see the Mona Lisa and I wanted to see a different part of the museum. So, I went with the Professor and everyone else went to the Mona Lisa. The Professor and I saw a lot of different sculptures and paintings. The sculptures was mostly my doing because I think they are so beautiful. However, we also saw Renaissance artwork as well as other things too. We saw "The Lion," which Professor really liked that gave the impression of one who has power over the world or all others as well as another statue with these eyes that just penetrated you to the point where it was scary. His statue was so emotionally moving and you could see the pain and desperation in his stature.
With our feet hurting, our stomachs growling, and our throats cracking, we gathered at the meeting point to head off to lunch. Which was of course, very tasty as usual. The French have a way with their food. We then headed to what is basically a French mall, but it had two separate buildings, one for men and one for women. Along the way, we managed to lose Steve for which he never forgot for the rest of the trip. The mall was very nice, however, it was outlandishly expensive. The funniest part was when we saw this absolutely hideous gold sequin jacket that was 3,129 Euros. How about not. Some of our group then ate at the little cafe that was on one of the floors. I ordered another hot chocolate, my favorite, as well as chocolate cake. Scrumptious!
After that, we met up with the Professor and headed back to the hotel. Dan, Pat, Steve, Jill, and I went to Club 140 (Pat's room) later that night to hang out before we all went out to dinner at one of the local places around us called the Royal Cambronne. I ordered a drink and everyone else got dessert. We collapsed in bed that night as became a nightly occurrence.
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