Their Eyes Do Follow You!

Day 8- Today we went to the Louvre, Champs Elysees (pronounced like Shanze Lize), and the Eiffel Tower. Although the Louvre was a museum and therefore lacking in fun, it was actually interesting. They had many biblical scenes, and the Greek statues were very cool (although lacking in clothes).  We saw the Venus de Milo, which was one of the best things in the museum.  I know what you’re thinking: enough of the preliminaries. What about the Mona Lisa? Well, my friends, I’m sad to say it was sorely disappointing.  You had to stand several feet away, it was small, it was surrounded by a paparazzi of sorts, and I hate to say it, but she was even plainer up far away (as opposed to up close).  We ate at a café in the Louvre, then walked to see some of the statues and figurines.  Have you ever looked at the ceiling of the Louvre, if you’ve been there? It’s like, it’s own art form, with paintings and frescos.  What Ellery thought about the Louvre: The Mona Lisa wasn’t as good as I thought. But it was still good. The statues and figurines were nice. So were the paintings.  I had fun. Isn’t she just a ray of happy things? We then took the Metro, where the subway cars had wheels, to the beginning of Champs Elysees. Its such a busy street that they built underground passageways for pedestrians to lower the risk of getting hit by one of the many cars that pass by. It was pretty cool, but nothing huge to remark on. But Ellery thinks that: the Arc de Troimphe was COOL! After a short nap at our hotel (it’s me again) we headed to the Eiffel Tower. We were lucky that the sun came out after a lot of rain, and there was only like a five minute wait. Once you got up there, it was cool for a bit, then it got sort of iffy. Overall, though, I liked today.  Did you know that you can’t take stairs all the way to the top? I was hoping we could, just so I could say I did. Oh well. We then exited to watch the Eiffel Tower put on an on-the-hour light show. Fun, fun. I believe tomorrow we’re going to some place on a hill, and another museum. Wish me luck.