Paris Day 2: The one where I got to help lead the way
Today was such a long day, but we got to see and do so much. We started off by getting on our first train toward the Louvre. Before we left, Fran had said since Serena, Amanda, and I had maps we would lead the way to the metro and the connecting trains. We figured out a good route, but I thought Fran was just joking about leading the group, until she had us leave first. At first I was kind of nervous, but it felt so great to be able to navigate some of this city.
After we got off the metro we headed toward the Louvre and made a pit stop to another place where people put locks like the old lock bridge. Along with seeing all the locks I learned about what the statues of men on horses usually means. If the horse has all four hooves on the ground the man died of natural causes, if the has one hoof up the man died of battle wounds, if the horse has both front hooves up the man died in battle, and if the horse has one hoof up and one down the man was murdered. I thought this was really interesting because I always see those type of statues all of cities and never knew there was a specific meaning behind them.
We then arrived at the Louvre. I have only ever heard about it and have never seen pictures, so I was so shocked to see how enormous this museum is. I also didn't realize that that was where the pyramids were. The pyramids were one of my favorite parts because I just love the sun and light, and the pyramids allow so much light to reflect off of them and come in to the museum. When we first entered, we immediately went to see the Mona Lisa. While it was smaller and way more protected than I expected, it was still something so historic that I was grateful to see. Another thing I enjoyed looking at was the rooms in general that the different work of art were in. I noticed that the design of the rooms including the ceilings and walls, went along with the time period and movement, which really set this museum apart from any other I have been too. All the designs were so detailed and ornate. There is still so much to see in the Louvre though and I hope one day to go back and see it all.
Next came Notre Dame. This was a beautiful church, but I honestly think the most exciting part was getting a pigeon to land on my arm. I wasn't not expecting the pigeons to be so friendly and just land on people, so it was realky exciting and terrifying at the same time.
An interesting part of today was that we saw all of the classical art at the Louvre in the morning, but then went to the Centre Pompidou where there is modern and contemporary art. I thought it was very interesting to do both museums on the same day and see the differences in styles. I really like contemporary art, so I was excited to go especially because the art museums by my home don't have as wide of a variety and range of styles and artists there as the Pompidou does. Even though I was tired and sore, I am really glad I stayed longer and saw everything because it was really worth it. I realized that I am obsessed with Kandinsky's work, as well as Kupka's. What intrigued me the most was their use of colors and how they are abstract.
We needed the day with a nice dinner by the river and even found our way back using the map and got on all the right metros!
(P.s. The 3D printing at the Pompidou was absolutely mind blowing! I never knew the future of architecture was in 3D printing and I didn't know you 3D print with metal as a mixture of powder!)c
After we got off the metro we headed toward the Louvre and made a pit stop to another place where people put locks like the old lock bridge. Along with seeing all the locks I learned about what the statues of men on horses usually means. If the horse has all four hooves on the ground the man died of natural causes, if the has one hoof up the man died of battle wounds, if the horse has both front hooves up the man died in battle, and if the horse has one hoof up and one down the man was murdered. I thought this was really interesting because I always see those type of statues all of cities and never knew there was a specific meaning behind them.
We then arrived at the Louvre. I have only ever heard about it and have never seen pictures, so I was so shocked to see how enormous this museum is. I also didn't realize that that was where the pyramids were. The pyramids were one of my favorite parts because I just love the sun and light, and the pyramids allow so much light to reflect off of them and come in to the museum. When we first entered, we immediately went to see the Mona Lisa. While it was smaller and way more protected than I expected, it was still something so historic that I was grateful to see. Another thing I enjoyed looking at was the rooms in general that the different work of art were in. I noticed that the design of the rooms including the ceilings and walls, went along with the time period and movement, which really set this museum apart from any other I have been too. All the designs were so detailed and ornate. There is still so much to see in the Louvre though and I hope one day to go back and see it all.
Next came Notre Dame. This was a beautiful church, but I honestly think the most exciting part was getting a pigeon to land on my arm. I wasn't not expecting the pigeons to be so friendly and just land on people, so it was realky exciting and terrifying at the same time.
An interesting part of today was that we saw all of the classical art at the Louvre in the morning, but then went to the Centre Pompidou where there is modern and contemporary art. I thought it was very interesting to do both museums on the same day and see the differences in styles. I really like contemporary art, so I was excited to go especially because the art museums by my home don't have as wide of a variety and range of styles and artists there as the Pompidou does. Even though I was tired and sore, I am really glad I stayed longer and saw everything because it was really worth it. I realized that I am obsessed with Kandinsky's work, as well as Kupka's. What intrigued me the most was their use of colors and how they are abstract.
We needed the day with a nice dinner by the river and even found our way back using the map and got on all the right metros!
(P.s. The 3D printing at the Pompidou was absolutely mind blowing! I never knew the future of architecture was in 3D printing and I didn't know you 3D print with metal as a mixture of powder!)c
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