It's official--this is the last of the Spring Break posts. Huzzah!
On my final day in Paris I went to a flea market and the Louvre. The flea market was on the outer fringes of Montmartre and decidedly sketchy, so I wandered a bit and then booked over to the Louvre. I'd been doing so much walking over the last week that I didn't have much energy left for the museum. I stayed for a couple hours, saw the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo among more than a few other things and then headed back to the hostel.
That night, Lauren and I decided to go to a movie in the Latin Quarter. Initially we decided on a Hitchcock film, but when we got to the theater, we saw that a theater around the corner was showing Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, so naturally we changed our plans. It was an old cinema with two theaters--ours was decorated with red velvet all over and had a capacity of about 100 people. Luckily, the movie was in English and subtitled in French so we were able to understand what was going on. Or, we were able to understand what was being said. Understanding the movie itself was another question.
Overall, spring break was an amazing trip. I wish I could go back to all of the cities we visited for longer to really experience life there instead of just seeing the sights. However, I know now more than ever that Prague was the best choice for me. When I got off the airplane in Prague, I knew I was coming home.
Outside the Louvre
Pyramid outside the Louvre
In the lobby of the Louvre
The Mona Lisa
Crowd in front of the Mona Lisa. Which is bigger?
Paintings by Archimbaldo. We studied him in art and architecture. This type of paintings were meant to represent the worldliness of the patrons by including objects (fruit, vegetables, plants, living species) in portraiture.
Long hallway, in which there is a group of Leonardo da Vinci paintings that almost no people were looking at, very much different from the Mona Lisa
Venus di Milo
I had to take the Da Vinci Code picture. I couldn't help it.
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