The Louvre is absolutely breathtaking. I can seriously spend a few days there and I still won’t be done seeing all the wonderful art and artifacts. But words would not do any justice here. It’s not just a place where they keep the art. The whole building is a work of art by itself! Every hall fits into the theme of the museum. You have the Egyptian arts, Roman, Persians, sculptures, paintings, so many!!
In some halls, like the Gallery of Apollo, the whole room itself is a piece of art. Every space in the hall, be it the windows, walls, ceiling, is filled with paintings and sculptures. Amazing.
Of course, we you are at the Louvre, how can you not pay tribute to the lady of the house? The enchanting Madam Mona Lisa.
Not surprising, that was the most popular piece of work there. In fact, we had a hard time fighting for space just to take a photo of the famous painting. At first glance, I was surprised how small the painting was. It's true, her eyes seemed to be staring right at you... How do they do that? It’s funny cause facing directly opposite wall from the Mona Lisa holds the Louvre’s largest painting, Veronese’s The Wedding Feast at Cana.
Apparently it was intentional as you don’t see it when you walk in, but when you turn around after viewing the Mona Lisa on the far end of the room, you’re just about far enough away to view the whole painting. Beautiful.
Ok enough talking... Here are some pictures that I took. Enjoy...
After a quick but wonderful tour around the Louvre, we headed out towards the Arc de Triomphe. It was a super sunny day so I took off my sweater and enjoyed some sun on my skin. Shiok!
We walked through the Jardin Des Tuileries and even enjoyed some yummy gelato as we strolled!
When we finally reached the Arc de Triomphe, we realised that it was closed for some memorial event. There was even a parade of old war veterans marching up to the Arc.
Some looked so old they could hardly walk straight. But it was a pretty solemn sight so see that their country had so many of these veterans who have been there and seen it all. Well that was unexpected! So we’ll have to come back tomorrow. Meanwhile, we had to find a place to settle our dinner!
We settled for Bistro Romain after looking at its menu. Cobby ordered a grill Salmon while I got the pasta.
At first my pasta dish looks quite sad as it does have anything on it except for tomato sauce and little chunks of… I don’t know, looks like pineapple. Then I took a nibble and realised that it’s actually cheese! Quite potent smelling cheese actually. Luckily only took a nibble and not pop the whole thing into my mouth.
It may be potent, but it goes fantastically when you eat it with the simple pasta and tomato sauce! Cobby’s salmon was a little fishy but it tasted better when he added more pepper and removed the salmon skin.
The highlight of the meal, or rather, the whole trip was when I had my Crème Brule.
Words cannot describe how wonderful it tastes. The smooth custard, the sweet crunchy caramelised top… Basically it’s heaven on a spoon.
Hands down the BEST Crème Brule Miss CoCo have EVER had in her whole life. Cheers.
After the very satisfying meal we strolled around and headed back to our hotel. What a long and memorable day, must rest early as we’ll be going up the Eiffel Tower early tomorrow morning!
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