Visiting the Louvre and More Wanderings

The Louvre was AMAZING!!  There is a seemingly endless collection of treasures.  Further, the building that houses these masterpieces is equally as amazing.  I wish that I know much more about the history. After going to the Centre Pompidou, it is so clear in my mind that modern art is nothing compared to the art here. There were so many sculptures and paintings that captured intensity and emotion. One of my favorite sculptures depicted a lion biting a man's leg. You could see the ferocity of the lion it his eyes and the fear in the man whose leg was getting devoured. Their entangled bodies captured the intensity of the fight.   It is hard for me to see anything close to that in the art that I saw at the modern art museum.

It was impossible to appreciate everything at the Louvre. I hope to return sometime. Each tiny piece of art is the result of many hours or even years of careful craftsmanship. Further, there is a huge history behind all of the art. I was disappointed that all of the descriptions of the art were in French that was too complicated for me to understand.

This visit also makes me feel like it is somewhat pointless to visit a whole bunch of countries. There is so much to do in Paris. Seeing the details in the French culture is much more satisfying to me than rushing through a bunch of tourist attractions in other countries.

Louvre (see picture descriptions for more detail about my day):

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We decided to go to lunch outside the louvre to save some money. We ended up going to another street that was even move expensive. We looked at a BMW store and Louis Vuitton. The prices were so outrageous there. There was a not so fantastic looking handbag that was 25,000 euros!! I am really disgusted with anybody who buys things like that. There are so many other things that could use that kind of money.  I tried to take pictures but they did not like that too much. After that, we came back to the Louvre but the line to get back in literally stretched a fourth of a mile. So we just wandered around for a bit.

It is hard to keep up with the blog because so much is going on. In other news, yesterday, I spent most of the day studying while the others went out. I felt pretty good about this because I got a fair amount done.

Also here are some pictures that I took at centre pompidou (modern art) and of cite universitaire (the place that I am living now).

Centre Pompidou and Cite Universitaire
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