Louvre

I think it would be fair to say I am not an art gallery/museum kind of tourist. Don’t get me wrong. I like my bit of culture as much as the next person. I think that my problem is that I have a short attention span so after a few hours of ‘looking’ at stuff I just want to get on with things.

Well this was not the case with the Louvre. We spent over eight hours here and even then the only reason we left was because they were closing up. I was mesmerised by this place. I was as impressed with the building itself as I was with the art work it contained. This place is huge. One side of it is 700 meters long! Apparently it would take eight months for one person to glance at every art piece in the Louvre. Or eight hours to do the very cheesy but enjoyable Di Vinci Code audio tour follows by J’s very own little personal tour. How does my man know so much about art and history?


After our day at the Louvre our legs really didn’t want to walk too much further so we headed out the main door and under the arches of the Louvre to the very fancy Café Marly. We were a little under dressed but we weren’t going to let that stop us. So what if they hid us away from the main entrance and asked us to remove our backpacks. WE weren’t going to let that spoil a good meal. I loved watching the different colours and shadows fall over the Louvre as the sun set. It made our day there last even longer which was perfect for me I didn’t want to leave.

Café Marly
93 rue de Rivoli
+33 1 49 26 06 60