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Friday all we did was walk. And walk and walk and walk. It may sound
like I’m whining, which I am, but you have to realize the only walking
we do in Los Angeles is from our house to the car. So I needed time to
adjust to non-sedentary living. Anyhow, we walked from the Arc De
Triomphe all the way down the Champs Elysees to the Louvre, which is a
good 40 minute walk.
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The Louvre is freaking huge.
Really, you hear all the talk about how long it would take you to get
through the whole thing, but really it’s palatial. And
the part you’re seeing in the picture is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Here’s Venus De Milo. Same as she ever was.
Mona Lisa is there too, but she was crowded by too many tourists, and
everyone knows what she looks like anyhow.
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This bed belonged to someone important. After I saw it, I decided that I
would no longer be staying at Molly’s, but would spend the rest of my
vacation in that room.
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After the Louvre, we walked around some more. We went to Place Vendome,
where the Ritz Hotel is and places like Cartier, Bulgari and Van Cleef &
Arpels. It hurt, let me tell you. Then we went to Centre Georges
Pompidou. But it was under construction, so we couldn’t actually go in,
but it’s a cultural center of some sort. Outside of it there was this
giant Teepee. Just sitting there. I took a picture of it, but like the
Eiffel Tower, it didn’t come out.
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But there was this cool fountain
on the other side of the building that I liked. Behind
it is yet another church with flying buttresses. It isn’t a landmark or
anything. It’s just that every church in Paris looks like an historical
monument. To the right of the fountain was a crepe stand where I had a
crepe with Nutella. I really think that as a nation, the U.S. would be
much happier if we had a stand on every corner selling crepes with
Nutella. It would be good for morale.
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