Paris – May 2025 – Part 5

The Louvre Museum was quite something. We did not stay a long time, I have an aversion to crowds of people and it was quite busy, some parts of the museum were literally shoulder to shoulder. I enjoyed what we saw but honestly you would have to spend hours and hours here to see everything. I have read somewhere that they are thinking of putting the Mona Lisa into her own room and of course, charging extra to see her. I was surprised when I saw this famous painting because it was so very small. And really, who determines what paintings become famous and sought after? It wouldn’t be in my top 100 paintings lol

  • The Pyramid
  • When you enter
  • You can see the people crowding around to see the Mona Lisa all by herself on the back wall
  • Mona Lisa
  • John Constable painting
  • Hercules slaying the Hydra

We had read about the Grand Mosque of Paris and off we went to see this Mosque. It was a beautiful spot and they had lovely gardens out back to walk through.

  • It was a lovely building
  • Inside
  • The Gardens

A few more miscellaneous photos below. We liked to walk so after we took transport to wherever we had tickets to each day, then we would walk around that area of the city. Below is a photo of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel located near the Louvre Museum (about 20 meters/63 feet high)and is different from the Arc de Triomphe which most people are familiar with. The Arc de Triomphe is located in the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle (50 metres/164 ft high).

  • Clint in front of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
  • An interesting sculpture
  • Just a door that I liked the look of
  • River Seine from the bridge we walked across
  • Another view of the Seine

Well we are almost done in Paris, there is so much to see and do in this city and we most certainly did not see or do all there is. We made the most of each day but it’s a big city. We do end up back here at the end of the next tour we are taking and so we were able to pack a few more things in. More on that later on.

Next post is the last one for this week in Paris…………

3 thoughts on “Paris – May 2025 – Part 5”

  1. Thanks for the mini tour of the Louvre Susan … I know there is a virtual tour you can take and maybe I’ll do that to see the other attractions. The museum’s size wows me – I didn’t realize it was that large and funny, I never thought about there being sculptures as well as I was thinking there were only paintings. I would not want to battle the crowds either. The Mona Lisa sure looks small and inconsequential there doesn’t it? When I saw the Little Mermaid statue I felt the same way as I’d only seen photos of it close-up, so I had no idea it was so small. Nice to get Clint’s photo in front of the Arc de Triomphe. That is a large and beautiful mosque. The boat trip on the River Seine looks picturesque – I would love to do this. I also like the door and the bike with baskets of blooms in front of it.

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      1. Amazing because every photo you see of her is close-up. There is a Challenge that is called “Thursday Doors” and that’s all that people contribute is photos of doors.

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