Mama Mona

We went to the Louvre today. We did the Rick Steves iPhone tour. I know, you're laughing, but after the Uffizi Gallery tour we did in Florence using the book left in the apartment there, we're hooked. It's just nice because we don't know jack about art, and these tours give you the quick and dirty version - allow you to hit the majors and give you just enough insight into them to be worthwhile. Today we saw Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory, some more renasaince art (we saw lots in Italy) and also some neoclassical and romantic era pieces. And of course, we saw the Mona Lisa. She was, as Rick said, less in your face than you imagine she will be, but she grows on you. Also very interesting is the ability to photograph anywhere in the museum. It was very interesting to watch the papparazi show in front of her.


As you can see, Owen enjoyed himself.



It was cool to see another place in the Dan Brown books. As cliche as that is.





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