Friday, May 22, 2009

Paris Day 3 Part 1

The weather on the 3rd day of the trip was not too good. It was raining, but unlike London where we just sleep in if it rains, we have to go out to explore Paris.

all wet out there

our normal breakfast of nice soft fluffy croissant and cold cuts and sausages....yummy

the interesting spiral staircase of our hotel

at the famous inverted pyramid at the Louvre's underground shopping centre

got no 'holy grail' also??!!

one of the more interesting statues at the Louvre. I just found out that the Louvre is the biggest museum in the world and the Vatican museum is the 2nd largest

the Greek statue waits as the world passes by

da vinci's painting, if i am not mistaken, this is where the curator in Da Vinci's Code (the movie/book) died in front of

that's her alright, the mona lisa, so small.....always thought it'd be bigger

the mona lisa, some says that the one hanging there is not the original, the original is kept elsewhere

the main reason EVERYONE comes to the Lourve for

figuring out where to go next

chinese guy lepaks while the world goes by

we were here!!

old man 'zerox-ing' a painting

the famous tiles of the grand gallery

the crazier crowd when we made our way back to the mona lisa after getting lost

a huge ass famous french painting, famous coz i saw a jigsaw puzzle of it


chicko poses while the world passes by

the other famous artwork that people go to the Louvre for

the name says it all

not too famous statue

the original Louvre from the 1400's

thunder thunder thunder....thundercats.....hoeeee!!!

the Louvre and it's amazing pyramid

i swear that the Apple store in 5th Ave New York copied the Louvre's design!!


a really good hot chocolate to warm us up before we venture out into the rain

the Louvre and the rain

5 comments:

Demon said...

waaa... envy envy envy. Sooo nice!

Steve, did you take a knee in front of the inverted pyramids?

stevetan; aiping said...

i was actually looking for that area right on top of the inverted pyramids just like what Langdon did but the top of the pyramid was actually a roundabout and you can't go on top of it. DANG!!

JustFern said...

damn nice Steve!! I love the one with Aiping standing and ppl walking by! Cun!

Demon said...

is justfern = Mei Fern?

Unknown said...

justfern = justin & mei fern :)