December 10th...
Note for pics: (1) Outside the Louvre on the way to eat lunch (2) Outside the main entrance pyramid at the Louvre (3) take a look at the pic in the background and you'll understand lol (4) Mona Lisa at her finest (5) the main square at the Louvre...waiting for Karim to arrive
This morning I packed up my stuff at the hostel and went to the internet cafe where I attempted to connect with a friend who was also in Paris. I got the name of the street and his number and headed to the Metro station to find my way. I made it to the street and walked around for an hour looking for him! I finally gave up when a restaurant owner who had seen me several times walk back and forth down the street advised me to not walk alone - "Watch out for the boys in Paris". So I gave up and sat at a cafe, ate a croissant, drank hot choco and watched the city wake up.
An hour later after I could feel my fingers again I headed to the Louvre to meet another friend - whom I had never met before but is a friend of my cousin. Thankfully we had a meeting spot so I was not wandering around for too long.
In 2001 when my family and I did Europe together we happened to visit the Louvre on a Tuesday - the one day of the week that it's closed! So this time around I made sure it was the one place I would make it to. I had to see the famous Mona Lisa. And I did - and it was worth seeing - but it was so tiny it shocked me.
So we walked around for a few hours and did the whole museum thing (most of the time I just looked at the paintings and tried to imagine what other people thought of them). It was a good experience, as you may be able to tell from the pics....
Outside I picked up four Eiffel tower keychains for one euro....hence the name of the post
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