Day 16 Paris Museums

It rained most of last night so our original plans to see the Eiffel Tower today were changed to doing the museums.  This is why we decided not to pre-buy the Eiffel Tower tickets.  On the other hand the day could have gone so much smother if we had know that there was a tourist information center right next to the metro stop across from the hotel to buy the museum passes.  Instead we gave up on the Louvre line and moved on the the Orangerie where we stood for 1.5 hours to end up buy the museum passes from there.  Once we had the museum passes (for John and me-the kids were free) we were able to see the artwork in the Orangerie, d'Orsay, and the Louvre (we will use them at Versailles tomorrow). And as with this Welty family this means a quick look at the art, but not studying it.  When we were done with the museums we walked to Norte Dame and walked around the outside of it.  We rode the metro back to our hotel for dinner we picked up cheese and bread etc.  After dinner and darkness we took the metro back into town and took a few pictures of the Eiffel tower after dark.

Getting ready to catch the metro for the day.

Not the London Eye

First peek of the Eiffel Tower

Napoleon's triumphal arches

Messing around outside the Louvre-

without the jump pass the line was not worth it.

Pyramid outside Louvre 

D'Orsy statues 

Painted next to the Seine 

Now we know about the locks we saw in Iceland too.  You are supposed to buy and lock write your name and the one you love on it and lock it on the bridge, then throw the key in the water.

Garden artwork

Cleopatra's Needle

Geocaching answers

touching the Eiffel Tower

pretty leaves

Still raining

Finally know what this means-it is not a pedestrian walk area

Welty family in Paris

Back to the Louvre with our jump passes

Fun picture

Inside the Louvre

In honor of my mom-a naked statue of a lady

with tons of laundry

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Mona Lisa

The crowd around the Mona Lisa (my view)

Venus de Milo

Pottery art-so my thing

Code of Hammurabi-

Clay was fascinated by this stone, he could tell us the story of the history of it.

Another fun sign in Paris

Napoleon area of the Louvre

Interesting hanging artwork

in the Louvre

Pretty architecture 

"Fathers and daughters may hold hands and walk"

Notre Dame

Looking in

Paris room.  I like the location.  Lot of shopping and pretty view up.  The street is loud, but fun to hang out the window and watch all the people.  However, the room had a funky smell.

People watching

Evening look up at the Sacre Coeur

Paris at night