Friday, June 17, 2011

Love the Louvre

What a busy day!!! We went all over the place. It was so much fun though. We got to go all over Paris. We first went to the Sainte Chapelle Cathedral. It looks like it is built more of stained glass than of stone. It is very beautiful. Then we went to the Pompidou! I love the architecture. It is by Piano. It almost looks like it isn't finished, but I think that is what makes it interesting. It is just a museum. There are sculptures and paintings. There are a lot of great things to see there. And the escalator is on the outside of the building up a tube, so you get the most incredible views of Paris. Then we went to the Louvre! So fantastic! The architecture is by I.M. Pei. I love the modern architecture in the middle of the historic buildings. The main things that we got to see were the Mona Lisa, The Venus, and the Napoleon Apartments. It was all pretty fantastic.
Later Mary and I went out for dinner. It is very interesting to try to get dinner here.... So we went to this Crepe Restaurant at 6:45 and they weren't open till 7. So ok we sit down to wait. And then all the workers come outside to have a smoke break. And this one guy thats a chef starts talking to us and it is way to hard to understand him. but we finally can go in and the chef guy says he will make us amazing crepes. And he did! They were very good. And we didn't even know what we were getting, because it was all in french. haha! but that made it so fun. Then the chef gives us his number and his address for his new restaurant that he is opening in 2 months. haha so funny!
Then we went back to this place we had gotten pizza at the night before and we got a dessert. It was our fun little date! Night on the town ;)
Awesome French word! - "Merci" -Thank you

The outside of the cathedral

The beautiful stained glass

The Pompidou 

The Louvre


Venus de Milo

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