SUNDAY

NO VERSAILLE TODAY... I was convinced I was going all the way until the subway... It was raining... and So I made a decicion to go to the Lourve instead. I beat the masses and didn't have to wait in a long line and thanks to a student card.. I didn't have to pay... I brought Rick Steves with me.. and together we discovered the history of some of the world's greatest art. Venus de Milo or as some guy next to me put (to his child no doubt) "the hot sex goddess with no arms."

On of my favorite things to do in a museum is to creep on others to hear what they have to say about the art work that they see. In the Napolean apartments... one woman looking at a huge dinning room covered in red velvet and gold asked if they would actually eat in these rooms. To that the other woman responded well it's a little over the top... (WELL DUHH)

One of my other favorite things to do is count the video cameras and people taking pictures especially at art museums.. yes, I can understand takining maybe a picture in front of the mona lisa or another painting or statue that means something to you, but the people who walk around with the video camera launched in front of them documenting their ever step through the lourve.. first ... ARE YOU EVER GOING TO WATCH THAT AGAIN????..... second... you are missing out... I've seen plenty of tourists who just walk around holding a video camera... they are missing out... living life behind a lens is just silly. i think there is something special about art musems and the way that these painting are one of a kind... or the stories behind them... and by just glossing over them by not even caring enough to shut off your video camera.. it's a shame.

well then, after that I went to the St. Paul area and had a nice walk around before coming back (I think I caught a cold).