Musée du Louvre

With a mind that feeds on mysteries and an overactive imagination, the Louvre Museum has always held an enormous allure for me! I thought that the pyramids were every bit as spectacular as they're made out to be. When we went there the first evening in town, unfortunately, we reached past the museum closing time. This meant another visit to it and I can't say that upset me much!

The Louvre Museum, faithfully playing its part of being gigantic, like every other structure in Paris, stretches from one extreme end to another. Wait, it doesn't end there; it then stretches from that second, extreme end to a third one, and so forth, until your mind is completely warped around the immenseness of the thing. It is humanly quite impossible to cover the entire span of the museum in a couple days, let alone a few afternoon hours! So, we quite expectedly wound our way to take a look at the much hyped (and might I say, quite undeserving of it too) Mona Lisa. Selfishly occupying an entire wall by itself, the painting is really nothing to write home about. Small and pretty unimpressive, it didn't appeal at all to the artist in me. Ensconced in a glass case, it has been given a lofty status, while bigger, better paintings fight for space on the opposite wall!

I almost felt as though our camera shared the same sentiment, because it decided at that very opportune moment to allow its battery to conk out! I then had to resort to my mobile phone to take a picture. :-D

After the disappointing performance of what is arguably the most famous painting in the world, The Raft of the Medusa, didn't fail to deliver one bit! We saw many more stunning paintings and other works of art, including some beautiful sculptures, before wearily making our way out of the building.

The pyramids at night are every bit as striking and beautiful, if not more so, as during the day. Needless to say, we took in our fill of that delightful sight, coupled with the cool breeze that was slowly making its way over the numerous fountains that dot the place.

Sharing the same vicinity with the Louvre Museum, are the Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden), an expansive breadth of lush, manicured, green lawns, interspersed with interesting works of sculpture and the like. This garden had many picnickers, strollers, old and young couples, people making out, some others basking in the summer sun, and a host of other, sundry activities taking place.

Robert Langdon, I'll definitely be back for more...