Sunday, July 22

We slept in for the most part but Michael did go for a jog. He actually ran through the Arc de Triomphe! We made it out onto the street for a 10:30 am petit dejuener anglais which was basically coffee, omelet, bread and juice. Manifique ! Then we were off to the Louvre.

The Louvre buildings dwarf even the Smithsonian and we thought it’s probably about the size of 10 Nelson Atkins. We all agreed that our main objective was to see paintings.



We joined the Sunday crowd queued up at the glass pyramid and headed through to the galleries. The ceilings are works of art in themselves.











As we wandered through Italian, French and Dutch paintings we kept seeing the directional signs for the Mona Lisa. When we finally arrived in that room the crowd was thick. Grace took this shot and zoomed in for the last one.





Four hours later we rested in the sculpture garden and knew our exhausted bodies needed rest again.





We headed back to the hotel to nap before we’ll head out for dinner tonight. Bon soir! Tomorrow we head back to London.