Saturday, August 2, 2008

August 1, 2008 - Paris France

Started the day at the grocery store for picnic food and then a walk to Jardin du Luxembourg












Jardin du Luxembourg gardens

Plastic exhibit by Christophe Dalecki


River Seine

Notre Dame




River Seine



Louvre gardens

Monument near the Louvre

Under the Pyramid at the Louvre

Beginning our visit at the Louvre

Bronze statue 1780

Mona Lisa in the background

Mona Lisa

Painting by Eugene Delacroix 1827


David (Jacques-Louis) 1748-1825
Sacre de Napoleon

Veronese 1528-1588
Les Noces de Cana
The Wedding Feast at Cana, painted in Venice 1562-1563

Bernardino di Betto, dit PINTURICCHIO 1454-1513
La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Jerome et saint Gregoire le grand. Vers 1502-1508

The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a third century B.C. marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world.

Aphrodite, known as Venus de Milo, discovered in 1820



Crypte du sphinx


The Louvre (Effiel Tower in the background)




Dinner near the Louvre


The Louvre gardens















Effiel Tower









Photos taken on walk back to hotel




Feeding the birds at Notre Dame

Notre Dame

River Seine

Church bells

The Louvre

The Louvre

Avenue des Champs-Elysees

Arc de Triomphe

Pond near the Eiffel Tower

3 comments:

Lara said...

Aw, so fun! I definitely remember all of these places. Love the videos. (Though, I couldn't hear anything on the last one, was that just me?) I remember people feeding the birds like that at Notre Dame... too scary for me.

Lara said...

Ah, it's fixed now. Cute. You didn't let Mom get you on the video, Dad. Ha ha.

Jean, Chad and Clay said...

Fun!!! When Lara and I were watching the videos together earlier today, Clayton stopped jumping and talking to listen to both of your voices. He recognized you! Cool, huh?!