Don's last day in Paris, no tango please 6-29-15

Today is Don's last day in Paris, tomorrow we head out to La Rochelle for a few days where he will meet up with his friends, Molly and Charlie with whom he was travelling before he came to visit us. So we headed down to the Louvre to see a few things that were of great interest to Don, like the Mona Lisa, the Victory of Samothrace, and the slave sculptures of Michelangelo.  As one might guess the rooms were packed to the walls. the crowd around the Mona Lisa was perhaps 50 deep and ranged probably 130 degrees around the front.  Rather than add to the melee I told Don to wade in and work his way to the front, see the painting as much as he liked and then work his way out and I would be waiting at the back of the room.   Worked out just fine and he was back in 10 minutes or so.

Next we made our way past the Nike (Victory of Samothrace) and over to the galleries containing the sculptures from Greek, Rome and the later Italians;  where they were showing masterworks by Michelangelo, Bernini, and Canova.  We spent quite a bit of time in these galleries because there are so many beautiful things to be seen.   A bonus is that at the end of the gallery and on the next floor up there is one of the cafes that are placed throughout the museum, so we headed up there and had a very nice light lunch.


After lunch, we worked our way over to the galleries containing the Egyptian and Greek antiquities, we looked through one floor of rooms and called it a day, too hot and crowded to really spend much more time.  It was still a great day to see wonderful art.

We caught the bus back to our neighborhood and spent about an hour sitting in the Parc Butte Chaumont.  Sitting in the shade and eating ice cream, perfect day to be here.

 It will likely be a few days now before another post after we return from La Rochelle, so hoping this will keep everyone on the edge of their seats.