The Louvre

The next morning we headed off the The Louvre, and once again,being the off season is SO worth it. We were there at opening, or very shortly after, and for the first little while the people were at a bare minimum. We saw the three "must sees" without any crowds at all, the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace (my personal favorite) and the Venus de Milo.

The Louvre is vast and daunting, they say that see, well, just to glance at, every piece of art here would take 9 months. You do have to make a bit of a plan and decide what is important to you. The above mentioned three may be somewhat touristy, but things that are touristy are thusly so for a reason. I mean, really, you can't go to the Louvre and miss seeing the Mona Lisa. As a matter of fact, later during the day we passed by her again and the crowds were probably 15 deep, there would be no way to get close and take a decent picture. (You can take photos as long as you don't use a flash)