Paris is an amazing place. There are more museums and art per square mile than anywhere in the world. And believe me, my feet will attest to that. You can spend days in the Louvre alone. We hit the highlights in a day. Mona Lisa was a big disapointment after the years of build-up. The painting is rather small. Hundreds of people pack around a barrier to get a glimpse of the lady. The
big picture behind these folks is much more interesting than the picture of Lisa. The things in the Louvre Antiques Center are pretty amazing. It's a good thing they were closed the day we were there so we weren't tempted to make a purchase. Yeh right, it would have taken a second mortgage to buy anything in that place.
The big flea market, Le Marche aux Puces, was much more our style. Hundreds of sheds set up on narrow streets with thousands of really old things. It would have helped to be able to speak more French than I remembered from high school. I think the vendors know that Americans aren't going to buy things with the exchange rate the way it is right now (1 Euro = $1.50) so they weren't real friendly. Imagine 5 Bucks for a diet coke. A fun trip but good to be back in the homeland. More photos on our
Facebook page.
Paris is an amazing place. There are more museums and art per square mile than anywhere in the world. And believe me, my feet will attest to that. You can spend days in the Louvre alone. We hit the highlights in a day. Mona Lisa was a big disapointment after the years of build-up. The painting is rather small. Hundreds of people pack around a barrier to get a glimpse of the lady. The 
big picture behind these folks is much more interesting than the picture of Lisa. The things in the Louvre Antiques Center are pretty amazing. It's a good thing they were closed the day we were there so we weren't tempted to make a purchase. Yeh right, it would have taken a second mortgage to buy anything in that place.
The big flea market, Le Marche aux Puces, was much more our style. Hundreds of sheds set up on narrow streets with thousands of really old things. It would have helped to be able to speak more French than I remembered from high school. I think the vendors know that Americans aren't going to buy things with the exchange rate the way it is right now (1 Euro = $1.50) so they weren't real friendly. Imagine 5 Bucks for a diet coke. A fun trip but good to be back in the homeland. More photos on our Facebook page.
