Louvre & Madeline Walking Tour

The 2 best parts of staying in the hotel are: elevators and free breakfast! This morning we slept in, then went downstairs for the breakfast buffett. We had croissants, yogurt, fruit, ham, cheese, and cafe au lait. It was a nice change from the cereal in London and lack of a coffee pot in the flat.

The Louvre (famous art museum in Paris) was incredible. It has such a large collection that it is somewhat overwhelming, but we hit the highlights, including The Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. There was an underground area where you could see parts of the medieval Louvre structure.

After seeing the Louvre, we decided to stroll along the streets of Paris. Nate & Stephanie laughed at me because I kept stopping to take pictures of places I recognized from the children's book Madeline. We must have covered a lot of ground because we saw the Opera, the Place Vendome, Notre Dame, the Pont Neuf bridge over the Seine and the statue between the Tuilleries Gardens and the Louvre (plus the Eiffel Tower peeking out every now and then.) Too bad the school children in straw hats from Hyde Park weren't around today, they would have fit in perfectly.