Thursday, April 24, 2008

Mona Lisa smiled

We started off in the Louvre today. It's huge...we didn't even try to see everything. I had an audio tour that I had downloaded. That was pretty handy.

I saw Mona Lisa. Is that amazing? I think so. Did you know they say her expression is dependant on the person looking at her? For some she is smiling. For others, she looks smug. For me, she smiled calmly...not sure what that means about me exactly.

After looking at many works of art, both painting and sculpture, we left to stroll the Champs-Elysée. Back in the day, people used to dress up just to walk along this street. Today, it is still popular and is filled with pricey shops. They sell everything from clothes to cars.
We walked all the way up to Napolean's Arc de Triumph. Even though it was starting to rain, we climbed to the top for a slightly different view of Paris.

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