I am sitting in the cool of the bar area, at Camping Manjastre, looking out over the tree clad hills and swimming pool. The weather is glorious, and not a cloud in the sky either.
Paris just seems like a dream now, especially the wet and cold weather.
The visit to the Louvre, was a truly remarkable experience, although we only saw a very small portion of it, due to the size of the museum. The Louvre is the biggest museum in Paris, and certainly bigger than any museum in London. It is home to the Mona Lisa, and many other famous paintings. The Louvre has actually been a museum since 1793.
The queues were horrendous, of course, but again due to prebooking and Susanne's walking stick we walked straight in through the door in the pyramid.
The pyramids, large and small, were added in 1989, amongst much controversy.
But the light from them makes a huge difference to the areas underneath the pyramids. The space also caters for the huge crowds, which appear each day.
One of the halls, once part of a very beautiful and spectacular palace.
We looked across at other buildings, or is it another wing of the museum. Note the sun is shining.
The Mona Lisa, that is, the crowds in front of the Mona Lisa. I did not get any closer unfortunately, but was fascinated by all the arms with cameras.
One of the paintings of a French battle scene. In these paintings there is never any French blood around, or French dead bodies. A very positive cultural view.
Lady Macbeth. The eyes tell all! So much blood on her hands.
A beautiful painting of The Last Supper.
A magnificent view of one of the courtyards, with statues.
The Lace Maker.
A paining by Jan Steen. Apparently the saying goes in the Netherlands, that when the house is messy, you live in a house of Jan Steen. His paintings always depict mess and disorder.
And feeling very happy after a day at the Louvre, we returned to the camping ground, for a refreshing glass of wine, and sat outside, with rugs over our knees. But it was not raining.
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