TRAVELOGUE:PARIS

TRAVELOGUE: PARIS

Actually after visiting Venice I was so fulfilled that I should have headed straight to London but I had already booked  flights to Paris and from Paris to London. I wanted to spend my Saturday in Paris, especially at Louvre. Accordingly I had already booked for a day's stay at 'Timhotel' near Louvre.

 So I landed in Paris on Saturday morning. 'Timhotel' has a number of hotels at various locations in Paris.I was luckey to have selected their hotel near 'Louvre'.It's a beautiful hotel with a spacious inner courtyard and just across the Louvre museum. Being centrally located,it is at a walking distance from some main Paris attractions.Moreover,it is easy on your purse!

 After breakfast I headed straight to Louvre.As usual there was a large crowd of tourists but the receptionist liked my smile and gave me the entry pass in a few seconds.
 Louvre is a great enchanter. You just don't know how hours fly quickly in its various gallerries.And then they allow you to take photos which adds to your madness.In any art museum I always feel like a child in a chocolate shop!
Here are some of the photos taken by me in and around Louvre:

Louvre

inside Louvre

                                                crowd inside Louvre

                                       In the courtyard of Louvre:view from the glass pyramid

                                             in the courtyard of Louvre

                                                   Crowd near the painting of Mona Lisa

                                                                    MONA LISA

Please don't have much expectations about Mona Lisa's painting.It is beautiful but small,not much larger than a regular family portrait one might have put on a living room wall. Then, it is behind a very thick glass and in the doorway of a huge steel vault.

the Pyramids in Louvre courtyard.

A Dying Slave-by Michelangelo, Louvre

                                                                    Apollo,Louvre

Venus de'Arles, Louvre

                                                                 Venus de Milo, Louvre

                                              Psyche revived by Cupid's kiss, Louvre

Psyche revived by Cupid's kiss-a close-up.

Victory of Samothrace,190 B. C. Louvre

                                                   Various sculptures, Louvre

A war-scene, Louvre

                                                               roof frescos, Louvre

                                              three muses on the gilded roof, Louvre

                                             The Coronation of Napolian , a painting, Louvre

Notre dame, Paris

                                                                       Notre dame

Notre Dame

                                                         Eiffel Tower, from its base

                                                                crowd at Eiffel Tower

                                             wheels of old elevators, Eiffel Tower

                                                           view from Eiffel tower-1

                                              a panoramic view of Paris from Eiffel Tower

                                                    another view from Eifel tower

                                            A great view from Eiffel Tower's 2nd floor.

This time I didn't go to the top of the tower.The view from the top is mind -blowing. The people seem like ants and that fills you up with a sense of worthlessness. Hence I avoid going to the top of Eiffel. Then, I am a little afraid of heights.

 The Arch of Triumph, Paris

                                                          Madaleine Church, Paris

                                                        Salle du Manege, Paris

Seine River

                                                a panoramic view of Seine River and its bridges

                                                              St. Michel's Fountain, Paris.

A street view, paris

                                                              Castello di Fontainbleau

Canal; Saint Martin, Paris

                                                          Basilique de Sacre, Paris

                                                                    

                                    Entrance to Metro(Entrata liberty della metro di guimard)Paris

Oh, I have taken so many photos since the day was exceptionally nice and bright! I will better post photos taken in Louvre of paintings and sculptures in another blogpost.

Till then ,Adieu!!

.........PORTIA