Darcy's Paris Blog

Louvre, and more eating and drinking

Today’s a holiday in France, to celebrate May 8, 1945, the end of World War II. We decided that today was the day to hit the Louvre. I’d suggested that Mike do it last Thursday while I was at work, but I think he wanted to see it together. We were a little museum’d out from Madrid, but if something’s open in Paris that you really want to see, you do it then – you don’t want to risk getting caught out by a strike. On the way there, we got pizza and sat next to a nice 60-ish couple from Toronto. We got to the Louvre about 2:45, and we were there until they kicked us out almost exactly 3 hours later. It ended up being about perfect, though, because we got to see pretty much everything we wanted – lots of old Greek, Roman, and Egyptian stuff; Michelangelo sculptures; huge jewels of French royalty; and of course the Mona Lisa. After that we went to the Charlie Birdy off the C-E for drinks – one of my favorite bars in town. We got flowers at the wonderful flower shop near the Parc Monceau on the way home to take to my hosts for my work dinner tomorrow night and went back to La Rughetta (after a quick flower drop-off at the house.) La Rughetta was great but was a little bit tainted by a serious father-daughter interrogation going on next to us. From what we gathered, the girl was an architecture student doing her 5th or 6th year in Paris, and the parents were visiting and giving her a serious questioning about her project, why she chose that subject, why can’t she do something else, etc. Less than fun to listen to, I can tell you that, and I’m sure brutal for the daughter. When we got home, we put in a movie (“Hitch”,) while Mike packed for Sweden and I fell asleep…

posted by Darcy @ 10:40 PM