After the busy pace of the past couple of days, we decided to take Friday a little bit slower. We hung out around the apartment while mom & dad played with Sophia, and then when Sophia napped, we went walking around our neighborhood, showing mom & dad the shops and the market street. After walking Sophia to school, we went shopping at the Galleries Lafayette, stopping to pause & look out on the Opera Garnier from the terrace of the Lafayette Mode store.
The evening we spent at the Louvre Museum. It is so big, and crowded even during the dead of winter, that we took outselves on the highlight tour at night. Very quiet, and so few people wandering the halls, it was really amazing. Dad was awed by the sheer size of the museum. We basically took the highlight tour in 2 hours. Most of that time was spent walking around the Denon wing, on one floor, where we saw the winged Victory, the Venus de Milo and, of course, the Mona Lisa. They have totally changed the layout of the Italian & French painting hallway & you cannot take photos in the area at all any more. So no photos of us with the Mona Lisa. Troy & I have been going to the Louvre on Friday nights, we've probably been 4 times since we moved to Paris in April, and very rarely have we seen the same things twice. It's just so massive. We then had dinner at a great little bistro by our apartment "Bistro de Vignes" to celebrate mom & dad's 38th Wedding Anniversary!
Mom reading a Story to Sophia. Sophia loves having her Nana & Papa here!
What a week we have had...
Touring around the d'Orsay Museum...
Crepes at the Marionette Theater Cafe inside Luxembourg Gardens...
Opening Birthday presents and playing with Itty Bitty Baby...
The evening we spent at the Louvre Museum. It is so big, and crowded even during the dead of winter, that we took outselves on the highlight tour at night. Very quiet, and so few people wandering the halls, it was really amazing. Dad was awed by the sheer size of the museum. We basically took the highlight tour in 2 hours. Most of that time was spent walking around the Denon wing, on one floor, where we saw the winged Victory, the Venus de Milo and, of course, the Mona Lisa. They have totally changed the layout of the Italian & French painting hallway & you cannot take photos in the area at all any more. So no photos of us with the Mona Lisa. Troy & I have been going to the Louvre on Friday nights, we've probably been 4 times since we moved to Paris in April, and very rarely have we seen the same things twice. It's just so massive. We then had dinner at a great little bistro by our apartment "Bistro de Vignes" to celebrate mom & dad's 38th Wedding Anniversary!
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