Day two in the unfamiliar city, Becca and I decide to wake up at 4am and plan our day. The Louvre is our top priority since I have a great love for art history and Becca likes everything. We purchased our metro tickets and were on our way, right off the subway I was in awe...through iron gates was the most amazing sight I have ever seen.
The steel and glass pyramids were what immediately caught my eye along with the beautiful fountains which were almost frozen from the chilly atmosphere. The museum is a former castle, with the original moat and drawbridge still on display.
It took us all morning 8am-Noon to see everything La Louvre has to offer. One of the finest museums in the world filled with culture and art history; of course it took us nearly 4 hours to see everything. The Mona Lisa was the first major art piece we saw. It was covered in a double layered glass case and surprisingly very small for what I had imagined.
The next exhibit was of Picasso and Delacroix. It was amazing. how Eugene Delacroix could paint of such massive canvases. Picasso's artwork was exactly as I had imagined it...breath taking.
Of all the rooms in the Louvre, I had my favorites. The Greek statues and the Egyptian collection. I dragged Becca around for hours in just these two areas alone. The Venus de Milo made my whole Paris trip worthwhile, and its only day one.
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