Sunday, September 9, 2007

the louvre

on a cloudy monday we decided to finally go inside the louvre to see the infamous mona lisa. that place is ginormous, but we managed to maneuver our way quickly through the tourists to see all of the art that was the most interesting to us. once we looked at some italian renaissance paintings, we followed the crowds until we found the mona lisa. after that we were walking around and we realized that there is a mall...yes, a MALL underneath the louvre where there are tons of commercial stores like sephora and virgin. that's also where we saw the two points of the pryamids connect so we were excited that we found the holy grail. haha.

an awesome painting of hell.


another giant hall with lots of elaborate murals.


i was excited to see a beautiful fresco by botticelli.


this is what we're here to see!


and there she is!


it LOOKS like we're up close to her, but really....


we're this far away.


and check out the huge crowd around to see the tiny painting.


according to dan brown, this is where the holy grail is.....in a mall inside the louvre!


at the virgin megastore inside the louvre. weirdest place ever!

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