Inside the Louvre

The Louvre is a wonderful, magical place filled with all kinds of art you can dream of (and more!)  Once a grand palace, walking around the Louvre will show you that it is pretty much a work of art itself.

Wesley and I went on a Friday night after dinner. In Paris. Talk about the perfect date night!!!! Ironically the worst date I have ever been on also happened at an art museum...I can assure you it wasn't with Wesley and it wasn't at the Louvre...but that's another story for another day ;)

The best part about going on a Friday night....Friday nights after 6PM are free for anyone 26 and under that has a photo ID.  Score!  If only we could go every Friday night until we are 27...if only...sigh.  The other thing that made it perfect is that it wasn't packed.  Granted, it's still the Louvre, so there was still a lot of people, but compared to peak times during the day, it was great.

Here were some of the highlights....

 As you enter the Louvre, you descend under the glass pyramid.  Pretty cool, right?!?

 Winged Victory.  One of the most famous pieces of sculpture on the planet. Are you drooling yet?  

You should be...

Virgin of the Rocks, Da Vinci.  Recognize this one?  It played a part in the Da Vinci Code...

 Everyone crowding to see...

 Mona Lisa, Da Vinci.  Fun fact...one of my college essays was about my experience seeing this for the very first time 8 years ago.  Yep, you can even write about art to get into college ;)

 The massive painting that is just opposite the Mona Lisa.  Apparently ^ one person thought it was not very impressive...

"Kristen, look, it's a young Tom Riddle."  Oh Wesley, that's why I love you.

 

I just loved these...

 

 

 This is why the Louvre is almost a work of art itself...

And they had even more art than I could dream of!!

 And when we left, the best art of all: