One Last Day

We slept in a little bit today as we were still tired from the bike tour of Versailles yesterday, but even with a bit of sleep in we still made it to the Louvre around 10:30.

It was packed, once again!  The line in was a 2 hour wait, but because our tour guide from the day before gave us a tip about going in through a side entrance we actually saw that the line for people with the museum pass was empty, so we jumped the line and went straight in.  Once in, we did the Rick Steves tour of the Louvre, which was good, but only covered the highlights of the Denon wing (which houses the Mona Lisa, among other famous pieces of art and history).

The audio tour took through one part of the one wing (there are 3 wings, each with multiple parts) which we were happy with because even to do that small part of the whole museum took us about 3 hours.  We did get to see a few other famous pieces in addition to the Mona Lisa, such as the Winged Victory, Venus de Milo, and the Coronation of Napoleon.  The size of the museum is just incredible, and there was no way we would be able to cover it in less than a few days, and using a few audio tours, so we limited ourselves to just a few hours, and seeing some of the highlights.

After the Louvre we wandered west along the River Seine, taking our time and enjoying watching people.  We eventually ended up near the Saint Germain area and decided to grab lunch, so we stopped at a cafe; Lindsay ordered a french onion soup, and I ordered a quiche and salad, and then for dessert we shared the WORST crème brûlée‎ either of us have ever tasted.  It basically tasted and felt like scrambled eggs.

With that disaster of a dessert in our rear view mirror we went back to the hotel, wrote a couple blog posts, and then ran to KFC, (yes...Kentucky Fried Chicken) for dinner before heading out to the comedy show we purchased tickets to.

The show was good, but not great.  The comedian did a stand-up monologue on "How to Become a Parisian in 1 Hour".  He went through how to act like a Parisian in different circumstances, such as in a restaurant, in the metro, and during sex, and although at times it was very funny, neither Lindsay or I were wowed.  It isn't that he was overly vulgar, although there were times he pushed the envelope, it is just that we didn't find it side-splittingly funny...maybe that is because we recently watch Grumpier Old Men and the likes of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau just cannot be beat...

After the show ended it was near 10pm, and we decided that it would be best to just get to the hotel and call it night, knowing that we had a long day of travel ahead of us.

Thank you Paris...it was great!