Posted in travel blog on 09/19/2004 02:48 am by Queenkv
WOW….amazing art…..I don’t see what why people make such a big deal out of the Mona Lisa…maybe that viewing experience was soured by all the damn tour groups pushing and shoving to get a glimpse of her mysterious smile.
The Venus de Milo was stunning.
and by the way….got my money back! YEAH! Thankfully Wells figured out this was an incorrect charge and erased it. I can use my check card again! YEAH! So, it was nice to be able to pay for our Lourve tix.
8,50 Euros….apparently it’s only 3 Euros on Sunday and free for people under 26. Damn - my birthday was in May.
The Metro stop: Musee de Lourve - opens up to the complex. The Lourve was orginally a fortess back in the day. You can buy tickets at a machine, like our movie ticket machines in the States. We walked through Italian peintures, Egyptian sculpture and dead people’s things and ancient Greek sculptures. For the ancient stuff, I’m impressed by the preservation of painted details, like eyes and robes. That paint survived thousands of years….some how….I remember my ancienct civilizations professor said it was rare to run into works with paint, because it was such a delicate substance…
We’re going to Sacre-Coeur today for mass….Mark and I are wearing slacks and button-down shirts. According to Sara, Sacre-Couer is pretty but it’s also a major spot for pick-pocketing….
Earlier this week, our professor got his wallet picked. He said there was a problem at a Metro ticket entrance. It wouldn’t accept tickets. He had one girl in front of him and a mess load of people pressing up in the back. He remembers lots of rubbing of the bodies. When he finally got on the train, he noticed a few kids who didn’t get on the train. That’s when he felt for his wallet.
“They’re pros,” he said. He lost his credit cards and his driver’s license. Thankfully, no cash or his passport. He’s a broadcast professor. That makes him the fourth broadcast person to have his wallet stolen in the last four months. I was the first broadcast person in June.
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