The alarm went off at 8 am again, but this time we both jumped right out of bed. We were heading to the Louvre, and it was Sunday, so that meant it was free...so we were expecting to be fighting the crowds. And yes, we said free. Every first Sunday of the month, most museums are free in Paris. So with our luck we happened to be in Paris on the first Sunday, what a wonderful day! :) We only waited in line for about 5 minutes and got right in. We checked out the Sully wing, and it started to get really packed, so we headed for the Mona Lisa, raft of Medusa and a couple others of our favorites. It was so jam packed that we headed out of the museum soon after viewing the Mona Lisa.
We grabbed breakfast and almost got blown away in the wind on our way to Musee d'Orsay. We waited there for about 20 minutes, another free entry, and were pleased that it was much less crowded than the Louvre. We wandered through the museum, which was very pleasant, but a little disappointing because none of the Picassos were available for viewing.
We then headed for the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. We were there at the tail.end of mass, which was a little awkward. We mentioned to each other that it would be difficult to concentrate and enjoy mass while hundreds of people were shuffling around the cathedral.
We left the church and grabbed a very expensive and not too tasty meal, then headed to an American bookstore where Nicole grabbed a new book for all of our long train rides. We jaunted to an internet cafe then went to the train station to book our train to Florence.
Katie really wanted to go to Versailles, but it was too late at this point and the Chatequ was closed on Mondays. Total bummer!
We then jumped on the metro and went to the bibliotheque de something rather, which is another amazing piece of architecture, but we didn't really get to soak it all in because it began to rain, and it was sooo windy that Nicole's umbrella turned inside out and we were leaning into the wind. We couldn't stop laughing at this for some reason.
We headed inside for some tea beause Katie was starting to get the sniffles and a sore throat- and Nicole joined her with not one, but two hot chocolates! We continued to see numerous PDA's as we people watched through the windows!!
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Oh, I hope you're feeling better, Katie! That sucks.
I'm sorry you didn't swoon at D'Orsay. For me, that place was all about the 19th century paintings, and the incredible "dark room" of Degas pastels. Did you see that?
Is it just me, or is the Mona Lisa disappointingly small?
I LERVED Versailles. But as we were leaving, hail stones the size of eggs starting whacking us. And we laughed, too. :)
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