A Day at the Museums

So I decided to act like a typical tourist today and take pictures of anything and EVERYTHING. I went to La Louvre, but was put off by the extremely long queue... so after having a good play-around with the timer on my camera, I headed off to Musee D'Orsay which is an old railway station-turned art gallery. It was pretty impressive, and seemed WAY SMALLER after seeing all a plan of the Louvre - it's enormous, AND there's rooms undergrounds and many floors above. So I can see why it's impossible to see the whole of the Louvre. Anyhow, Musee D'Orsay was nice - and I definitely recommend you spend 5 Euros on a mobile-phone-lookalike electronic guide for the Museum. It gives you the story behind most paintings, and gives you the art's history, inspirations and details. Admission is free for the under 26's from the EU. 

 

And I walked back to the Metro across Pont des Arts, and along both sides of the bridge, people have clipped Padlocks to the netting (all shapes, sizes, lengths and colours), written their name(s) and dated it! It's so adorable and magical!! I might do it next time I'm that way... It's a very clever idea. I wonder if they make a wish and throw the keys in the water? (River Seine) I'd love to find out the history of it...