Europe Trip 2007 [part-3]

Paris is an interesting place. Lot of preserved history with some excellent museums for art lovers. I don't think of myself a museum-lover but this time I was curious and open minded to try few things. We visited Louvre Museum, which is the biggest museum in Paris. If you like painting you must have heard of 'Mona Lisa' painting, it is the classic and by far the most famous painting in the world. Painting is held behind bullet proof glass and there is so much security around it. We spent few hours in the museum and by the end of it I was desperate to find more about Mona Lisa painting. We went to a book store and spent some time researching about Mona Lisa. Painting is popular for variety of reasons and the main one I could understand is : from whatever angle you see the painting Mona Lisa always looks directly into your eyes with an enigmatic and mysterious expression. After this we went back to Museum to see the painting again and it was much more enjoyable this time.

Other than this Museum there were few other historical places we visited. You can checkout the photos.

Other interesting incidents in Paris:
After I spent few hours using metro in the city surprisingly I got questions regarding train directions by many folks and that too in French. I was surprised to see how somebody could mistake an Indian tourist for a French local. Anyhow I thoroughly enjoyed helping these people. Not sure where they end up -:)

Once we were at a train station looking at the map and one local guy comes to us and started helping with directions. He told us he is also going to the same place and will join us. First I was pretty happy but then I got suspicious. First of all he was limping and then he would try to walk just after me. Few moments later I realized his intentions and moved my wallet from back to front pocket. This guy saw his revenue going away and disappeared within seconds. Next time you visit Paris be careful with super-helpful folks.

Here are the pics:

Paris