Louvre today! I still can't believe I was there. It was amazing to say the least. It is so gigantic, it's overwhelming. We went through the Egyptian section which was really interesting. I still just don't understand how some of these pieces were ever transferred from Egypt to Paris. They are not only huge but so fragile. It would be so interesting to learn more about the Louvre itself and how it runs and what their procedures are. We also went through the French painting section, and again, I was blown away by the magnitude of these works. I couldn't even fathom how long or how much thought would be put into such a creation. I'm really excited to go back and see more.
The best past was seeing the parade of three and four year old kids going on a field trip the Louvre. I guess that would just be one of those added bonuses of living in Paris...at the Louvre in preschool.
So, our first night out on a weekend in Paris. It didn't go quite as we had anticipated...actually nothing like we planned but it was an adventure nonetheless. We had plans for a night at a discotheque but we never really made it there. The night was simply ridiculous and we ended up spending about an hour and a half on a bus to get home with some very strange characters in the wee hours of the night. But then again, we did meet a lot of really nice people too who helped us with directions and finding other places to go. We only ended up going to one place but it wasn't exactly our kind of scene- aka we're pretty sure it was a gay bar. We got out of the there pretty quickly to say the least. Anyways, the whole night was disappointing but we were able to navigate out of an area in which we had never been and we made it back in one piece so that was an accomplishment in itself. We really did meet a lot of people who speak English, they were all really friendly as well. It's so refreshing to meet nice people who want to talk and help you. As I had said before, we haven't met too many rude French people but we also haven't met a ton of friendly ones either. I'm still pretty neutral about them, but I'm feeling better about them all.
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