Louvre Museum, Musee D’orsay, Champs-Elysées

Louvre was the former seat of the French throne and now the grandest museum in the world. The colossal glass pyramid commissioned by president Francois Mitterrand and designed by Pei, is the main entrance to the museum. The pyramid has always been a controversial monument of Paris. In my view, the pyramid fails miserably to radiate the artistic energy of the museum, although some may disagree

We dreaded the long lines at the Louvre. To our surprise, we were inside the museum in no time. We spent all morning and most of the afternoon in the museum. We took an organized 2-hour tour of the museum, which covered all the famous pieces, like the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Headless Statue of Samothrace, Napoleon’s Apartments, and Coronation of Napoleon. I’m gonna talk about Mona Lisa in another post. The tour also covered the Sully gallery, with an introduction to the history of the Louvre.

After lunch, we wandered aimlessly in the vast museum, cursing every min as to why the Parisian’s wont put English placards, so we know what we are looking at.

The impressionist art fascinated me when I visited the Tate art museum in London. I watched some videos and did some homework before visiting the Musee D’orsay. This museum is world famous for its stunning Impressionist art. Here you’ll find the precious works of Monet, Von Gogh, Cezanne, Pissarro, Manet, Renoir… If you are an art connoisseur, this is the place to be!

We spent time in the museum until it closed and then sauntered on to Champs-Elysées, the most famous avenue in the world. Champs-Elysées is exactly like MG Road in Bangalore, India, but 10 times as big. We settled down in one of Champs-Elysées‘s Street side café. We started making plans for the next day, while devouring the rose wine. We had a delicious bowl of Moules(Mussels). I have never tasted moules like that in my entire life!