Louvre and on to Seville

Finally, we got to the Louvre! We’ve been waiting all week, or at least two days (it’s closed Tuesdays). It was pretty cool, but complete mob scene surrounding the Venus de Milo, Winged Victory and of course…the Mona Lisa. The Italian painting section where the Mona Lisa lives was so crowded, we were getting so tired of being pushed around that we checked out the less crowded sections. Bea learned her 5th French phrase, "Monsieur, Sortez le Musee!" (Sir, leave the museum!) We saw someone get kicked out because he took a picture (with flash!) of the Mona Lisa. Ha. That’s what you get for pushing us. We saw some other cool stuff, paintings and artists Bea remembers from numerous Art History classes, but unfortunately has forgotten most of the details about them. Peter didn’t know any of that to junk to begin with, so he was blissfully ignorant. It was a pretty art-filled day.

Now we are sitting at the train station waiting for our train! We are excited, though we will be on two trains, totaling 16-17 hours. Our next stop: Seville, Spain (to stay with our friend Marc).