The Louvre is beautiful and imposing from the outside before you even go in.
Beautiful and old. It is massive, covering blocks along the Seine River.
One enters through a glass pyramid down a spiral staircase.
We arrived around the opening and rushed toward the line heading to the Mona Lisa, the most famous piece. We were rewarded to stand 3 feet away and marvel at this only existing portrait of Michaelangelo. Still one asks... what's the fuss when there are thousands of other beautiful works here, too?
The Victory of Samothrace statue is wondrous. See the papparazzi-like photographers?
Even the ceilings are stunning.
Beautiful paintings. Thousands upon thousands. We became bleary eyed and left earlier than we expected.
