The Louvre

I went to the louvre last night. I'm not so much a museum person so I wasn't too impressed. The museum itself is pretty cool. Alot of the paintings are set into the wall so that they look like they're actually painted on the wall. The ceilings are all elaborately painted and each room looks really cool.

But the only thing I recognized was the Mona Lisa. Other than that I didn't know anything. And the Mona Lisa wasn't anything impressive. Like most really famous things, they aren't usually quite as impressive as you expect them to be.

Even as I was walking through I was drawn more to the view outside than I was to anything inside. The museum isn't arranged to be non-art lover friendly and I quickly grew tired of looking at paintings that I didn't recognize. The only thing on the map that really caught my eye was the section of the Arts of Islam but they were remodeling that part so it wasn't available.But the glass pyramid was cool and I was there right at sunset so the buildings were all pretty and pink.

Does anyone else recognize this sculpture? Everything was in French so I didn't understand what it was...I'm guessing that if it's something I rmight ecognize then maybe it was in a movie or something. I definitely don't know it from an art book or anything.

But I did it. I have been to the Louvre, even if it was only for an hour. I saw the Mona Lisa and a statue that looked familiar. And on Friday nights after 6pm anyone under the age of 26 gets in free. So I guess, even though I wasn't all that impressed, I got my money's worth!