More than the Mona Lisa

Great. I just discovered that I left my charger for my mobile phone in Frankfurt. How cool. Anyway – today I took the train to a small town called Sens for a day. Great experience – except they did not accept my Rail Plus card for 25% price reduction. As I finally got some time to check the internet for some of the things I wanted to see I discovered the Louvre opened longer on Wednesdays and Fridays. So after work I headed for it.

I took my usual route via Rue de Rennes, Rue Bonaparte down to the river and crossed the Passerelle des Arts to the Louvre. First walked around the area outside; later only did I go inside. 6 Euros for 2 hours is OK I would say – I expected it to be more expensive if I am honest.

I could not take photos of the Mona Lisa or the famous long gallery around it as it was forbidden in that area. They have photos of all these pieces of arts on their website.

I also took a lot of photos of the roman sculptures made by various artists among others someone called Antonio Canova and Antonio Corradini. I have rarely seen so fantastic and beautiful marble art. I spent around half an hour sitting there and looking at these marvellous sculptures. Here is a photo of my favourite one – click on the image to see more:



After the exhibition I took some obligatory photos of the pyramid outside Louvre and walked home.