france

Oh my good word! The amount of people visiting the Louvre was crazy. The number of people trying to see Mona Lisa was ridiculous. Pushing, shoving, starting fights- I guess it’s all part of art appreciation. Geesh! Check out the woman’s purse and elbow on Lennon’s face. The woman could have cared less if she had trampled him to death. Apparently, all sense of decency goes out the window when you’re trying to photograph a masterpiece!

The Nike (Victory) of Samothrace (an island) was made between 220 and 190 B.C. and is constructed of marble.
The Winged Victory (a Hellenistic Greek sculpture) portrays the goddess of victory standing on a ship’s prow with her wings spread and her robe blowing in the wind. The broken sculpture was discovered on the Aegean island of Samothrace in 1863 and was sent to the museum in Paris to welcome visitors on the top of a large staircase.
I love this sculpture- it is so powerful in person.

The kids loved the “big glass pyramid” and watching the pigeons play in the fountains.