The Louvre!!!

Eager to get as much as possible out of our day me and Richi woke up early (considering the late time we went to bed the night before), had a quick breakfast and were out in the streets of Paris. This time we were on our own with no guides, local language speakers or help of any kind - just the two of us who were in this huge city for the first time in our lives.
Richi quickly learnt how to get around using the Parisian subway station and so off we went straight for the Louvre. The day before Vitor had sat down with me and written out a little "tour" we could do starting by the  Louvre and ending at the Eiffel Tower at night. It would be a long day but wasn't that what we were there for anyways?
Even the fog and rain that greeted us as we left the subway station weren't enough to dampen our excitement of the day we had ahead of us. We took a look at how much it was to enter the Louvre: 11 euros each; and then asked how much would be a Paris Museum Pass for one day: almost 40 euros each. And right then and there we did a big mistake: we bought the Paris Museum Pass.
Why was it a mistake? Well by the time we finally found where to buy the Paris Museum Pass (you buy it in a tobacco store next to the Louvre) and entered the Louvre it was almost 11:00 am - the Louvre is HUGE and packed out and before you know it three to four hours have gone by in a flash! After spending many hours in a museum your head is tired, your body can't stand being pushed and shoved anymore by people and your legs feel like they will fall off. Another museum is NOT HAPPENING!!!
And that is exactly what happened to us. Louvre took pretty much our entire day - and I can't complain as it really is magnificent! From the Egyptian tombs to the Greek statues followed by astonishing gold framed paintings of the Renascence Era - it is all a work of art! And of course you can't miss pushing your way through the crowd of people that surround her: yep, none other than the mysterious Mona Lisa. Though as soon as I found myself in front of her all I could think of was: "Geezzzz!!!" The painting is small, extremely well guarded and at least 100 meters in front of you surrounded by glass cases, and in my honest and sincere opinion there really wasn't anything all THAT special about it.
Now if you stop and pay attention to the paintings that surround Mona Lisa then yes, that is what I call a work of art! Looking at them I totally forgot the disappointment I had felt just a few minutes ago.

Well as they say, a picture is worth 1,000 words...so here go the pictures: