Paris - The Lourve and Not the Arc Triomphe

After a good night's sleep, a run to the shopping centre for some brunch, and then croissants with ham and cheese (how parisian!) we figured out that due to the weather, we would go to the Lourve rather than Versaille today. Once we got there, we figured out it's much better to pay 32 EUR for a 2day all-museum pass, which would get us into Versaille (15.50) and the Lourve (9.00) and the Arc de Triomphe, and the Musee D'Orsay and we could skip lines (priceless.) We figured this would be good value for money, even if we only did the Lourve and Versaille.


We ended up spending almost 5 hours at the Lourve, much more than planned. Not only did we see the Moaning Lisa, and Michaelangelo's Death of a Slave, but we also saw the Egyptian antiquities. Even if you don't spend alot of time looking at the Exhibits, it's definitely worth going to see it, just for the building and the layout. Be prepared to walk alot though too.

Right down low, in the Sully building and near the Egyptian entrance, is a "historical lourve" exhibition - it's lots and lots of the old building and things like that, like being in an old castle. Really quite fantastic.

After the Lourve, we decided to catch the train down to the Arc de Triomph, and go up the top as our pass included this. Turns out though, that civil servants are stirking (again) today and so it wasn't open. So we figured we'd go to D'Orsay. So we got on another train, and went across the river, and got to the doors at 5:32. They stop admitting at 5:30.

So we came home. Today's net result, 5 hours in the Lourve, admiring the art, the weird art & the buildings.