The Louvre. Free...

Mona Lisa. From a far view. You can't take pictures close up. The actual painting is much smaller than I expected. The colours have faded greatly. It was interesting none the less.

There is a thing in France where the first sundy of each month the major museums are free. This is one of the chances when you can visit the Louvre museum without paying an arm and leg. It certainly surpasses the British museum that I had seen just past week, in fact it's so big that one needs at least 2 or 3 days to see every thing in details.

My first site was of course the painting "Mona Lisa". No surprise it was extremely crowded. I was not even allowed to take photos close up.

The next big site was the statue of Venus, not as popular but busy none the less. The shoulder has some parts chipped off, but over all it was in a good shape. The Greeks knew how to make statues. Their interpretation of the bodies was unbelievable. Take a look at the album for yourself.

They also had some really nicely designed jewlleries, of which I forgot the origins. A really impressive part of the Louvre is also the museum itself. Allmost all of the ceilings have relief statues, and amazing paintings. It's hard to describe in words so you have to see it for yourself in the album :)

Over all the Louvre does hold up it's reputations in my opinion. In terms of collections as well as presentation. Best of all, it was all free :)