Paris – June 12/13

Last night we made a list of things we want to do and things we want to see, so this morning we walked over to the Jardin de Tullieries and from here to the Champs Elysses.

We took our time strolling the Champs Elysses and poked around in many of the stores; lots of high end stores and prices out of this world. But, what fashion, style and new innovations.

Once at the end of the Champs Elysses we walked right around the Arc de Triomphe. It has 12 converging boulevards and it is a traffic and drivers nightmare. But it seems to work and we’ve never seen an accident, although the horns and yelling can tell you when something has gone wrong.

We visited the memorial at the base  of the Arc de Triomphe and then strolled down the opposite side of the Champs Elysses. We stopped at a McDonalds for a look and they have self serve/order machines prior to where you line up for food pickup…….. boy was it busy.

We stopped for a picnic lunch in the Jardin de Tullieries and then headed back to give our feet a rest.

After an early dinner we headed off to visit The Louvre. WOW!

First off, there is physical size of the building and the grounds, there is no other structure we have been that is that large. We visited the Denon Wing and saw 4 paintings by Leonardo da Vinci; including The Mona Lisa and St. John the Baptiste. Also in this wing are many, many, many other great paintings, sculptures, etc.

From the Denon Wing we went over to the Sully Wing where we saw The Venus de Milo which was carved around 120 B.C.

Then it was off to the Richelieu Wing as Brenda wanted to see a painting by Dutch Master Jan Vermeer.

Too much to see and too much to take it all in, at one point I said to Brenda this is sensory overload for someone with ADD.