Le Louvre

August 22nd, 2017

Anna, our middle daughter, has been visiting for the past several days.  It has been fantastic having her.  She and Kate have been going out on adventures while Glenn and I are working, which is getting Kate out of the apartment and giving her the confidence to travel around Paris on her own (we hope). Having Anna here has also been forcing us to explore Paris, too, when we haven't been working.

Glenn and Kate pondering art

We went to the Louvre on Saturday and had a lovely afternoon.  (One of Glenn's former students, David, has given Glenn and me annual passes to the Louvre.  We are so grateful and plan to get a lot of use out of them!)  Anna especially wanted to see Hammurabi's Codex, so we made a point of finding that.  We also hit a number of the highlights, like Winged Victory, Mona Lisa, and a lot of ancient sculpture.  Here are some beautiful and interesting things we saw: 

Here is one of the less obviously beautiful or interesting things in the Louvre: