The Louvre
How do you build something so big that it's tiring just to walk thru it? How do you get so much priceless art to fill up the inside? I didn't see it get built, I didn't see the moving trucks bring it all in, but it's there, and it's impressive. Even if it were entirely empty I would have enjoyed seeing it just as much. Whether there's paintings on the walls or not, the building and the rooms inside it are so big and so elaborate. 
A few tips for going to the Louvre are:
1. bring exact change so you can buy tickets from a digital kiosk instead of the insanely long line.
2. Arrive underground through the subway/metro. If you come from above you're just in a longer line to get to the same place. There are two consecutive metro stops with similar names: "Louvre-Rivoli" and "Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre". To confuse tourists, the Louvre-Rivoli station is really fancy and looks like a museum. But the stop for the museum is actually Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre.
3. Pray that the Da Vinci code is not popular anymore. It's a made up story people, now get out of my way, so I can see the freakin painting.
Labels: france, museums, paris
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