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- After visiting Notre Dame we set off to find the Metro station at Hotel de Ville..
- Crossing the Seine. I believe that is Pont Notre-Dame
- Found Hotel De Ville
- Found the Metro entrance (the signage in Paris was a little more challenging than that in Hong Kong and Tokyo to find some of the stops).
- We disembarked at Palais Royal Musee du Louvre and walked through a mall to reach the museum.
- We did not get to see the glass pyramid at ground level going this way but there were no lines and it was a very short walk.
- Got in line to purchase our tickets. There was only only one person in front of us so it was a very quick process.
- We could look at at the glass pyramid though.
- We entered through the Sully Entrance on the lower ground level.
- There was some work going on so the large entrance was blocked and we used a side door.
- First up a look at the remnants of the moats dug by Philip Augustus and Charles V around 1200.
- Seems there was some event.. or maybe just a plastic chair exhibit.. in any case it was odd and no signage. Odd the chairs were just tossed about.
- The Great Sphinx of Tanis is a 24 ton granite sphinx that marks the entrance to the Egyptian Antiquities collection.
- We then headed upstairs to the Egyptian Antiquities area.
- Walking around ground level.
- To get an idea of scale there are rooms like this throughout.
- Found our way to the Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos.
- Venus de Milo
- On our way to the next stop in our Masterpiece tour (or scavenger hunt may be a better description)
- Outside a large tent.
- Looking up.
- Mosaique des Saisons
- Winged Victory of Samothrace
- Entering the Reds Room
- The Oath of the Horatili
- The Coronation of the emperor Napoleon I
- This is the room containing the Mona Lisa it is at the far end where the mob of people are.
- Getting closer
- It was a free for all more or less to get pictures.
- The painting is protected by glass.
- A couple pictures of the Mona Lisa - Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondoco del Giocondo
- Looking outside into a courtyard.
- The closest I got to the glass pyramid. I asked how to get out there and you had to go down, around then back up. Opted to go down and find food instead and never went back up.
- We walked through a couple more galleries then decided to go seek some food it was 6pm.
- In the mall area connected to the Louvre was an Apple Store.
- As well as a food court. Which is where we headed for dinner.
- A look around.
- A McCafe
- The McDonalds where I ate.. yep I went to the McDonalds at the Louvre..
- If you were curious my meal... next up the final legs of our sightseeing day in central paris.