PARIS

Of course the Louvre is the mother of all museums; impossible to see it all in 1 or 4 visits, so I headed straight to see the Mona Lisa. Then spend time looking at the Medieval Louvre; they have conserved a bit of how things were in the MA; then went to see Napoleon II apartment:::incredible luxury; looking at sculpture and some paintings; but there is so much the brain can process; after a whole day in the museum things start to blend in my brain: There was an exhibit on ancient jewlery, that i LOVE to see. Botticeli one of my all time favourite classic painters; the faces are the most beautiful ones in my opinion.

Museum D Orsay has amazing samples of impressionism and neo-impressionism which I also like a lot; Van Gogh and Lautrec my favourite ones; I love the coloring of Odilon Redon paintings; in person they are even richer than on books. But the actual building that houses the museum is worth the entrance fee; it was a train station and it was reconditioned with steel, wood and glass in a very modern aesthetic that blends beautifully with the old style of the station: From the top floors you can see the city through the massive clocks.

The Sacre Cour is a more recent construction but the location is great to look at the city; also around there are these small; windy roads that are really picturesque and a cafe where poets and artists like Picasso; Lautrec; Cezanne etc use to hang out, the pic of the windmill is the one that inspired Lautrec to paint his windmill: The lower part is really cheesy as Renee said; and not that fun: It is full of muslim men that have created great discomfort these days as they are very aggressive harassers.

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Notre Dame is incredible; the gothic style is my favourite; i would have liked to see the whole cathedral when it was all colourfull; see the picture! it is massive and i wonder if god would actually be happy with such extravagance; but maybe he would as the guys that designed and built it were genious, so maybe that use of talent is appreciated; perhaps: The colouring of the interior of ND reminded me of the design of the Pompidur Centre with all the coloured pipes as a main architectural element: A great library is housed here; as well as movie theathre; galleries and museum of modern art: There was a massive DADA show; i bought the exhibit poster:

I could keep writing and writing but it will be too much; the whole of Paris is a museum; every street, avenue, building, i am so full of parisian art, beauty and pastries:::::tata