Rain was forecast for our Paris weekend, but we prayed and God had the clouds hold back. It was overcast and a little cool, so when not inside the museums, we snuggled up on the top of our open air tour bus.
Our first stop was the Musee Du Louvre - Galeries des Antiques.
Beautiful statues and paintings. We saw the Venice de Milo and Athena Nike and Marty had goosebumps as we approached the Mona Lisa. It was a world of wonder. This was one of my newfound favorites.
We saw DaVincis, Rodins, Raphaels, Ingres, LeBruns, Delacroix, LeNains, Boudins, Bourdons, and Caravaggios. We wanted to see Monets, Manets, Pissaros, Sisneys, Gaugins, Renoirs, and Van Goghs, but those French Impressionists were rebels against the art represented in the Louvre, and so the art there ends around the period of 1850. So we had to go over to Musee d'Orsay to see our favorites. I've come to appreciate yet another artist, Camille Corot, during our adventure through the Louvre.
We walked into one room and saw this massive painting. Another couple was there wondering what it was, saying "The Rapture?" and we had an opportunity to share the gospel via this image of "Pentecost... the day tongues of fire came down and caused the followers of Christ to be able to speak on all of the languages of those gathered in Jerusalem."
After the Louvre, we took a tour bus to see the city. I love the bridges of Paris.
I took this picture of an old lamppost on one of the bridges, and it was in a black and white postcard we picked up for Sharayah's friend Liz dating back to the 1900s.
Our bus took us down the famous Champs Elysee, where we dined on fine French food and drank a Bourdeux wine.
And it's difficult to describe how truly huge the Arc D'Triumph is, until you see it up close with people walking around the base.
Then we finally made it to La Tour Eiffel. I've been looking forward to this since I was a kid taking French in Jr. High. It was marvelous. I took lots of pics, but with an overcast sky it was tough to get something really nice. This is as close as I got. We didn't go to the top because the line was like 3 hours long.
We hopped back on our tour bus and caught a couple of gorgeous sunset shots.
The next day, we visited Notre Dame.
The stained glass inside was truly gorgeous and inspiring.
Our final stop was at Sharayah's recommendation. Sacre Coeur, the Roman Byzantine basilica, overlooking Paris. The view of the city was marvelous, though none of my pics of it came out so well.
Paris... I look forward to a return visit!
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