Back to the Pax Lodge Tomorrow(:

It is our final night in Paris.Yesterday we visited Musee De Lourve, one of the most magnificent museums in the world. Being 652,300 square feet, the Lourve holds nearly 35,000 objects. It was amazing to walk among the glorious works of art and artifacts. We saw incredible paintings, statues, Egyptian artifacts, Greek artifacts, Oriental artifacts and so much more. Unfortunately, we were not able to explore the entire museum in one day, but we did get to see A LOT including some very famous works of art such as the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and many more. I adored seeing all the Egyptian artifacts like jewelry, sarcophaguses, hieroglyphs, papyrus, paintings, vases, sculptures, furniture, and more. One of the highlights of the day was when we saw the Mona Lisa and witnessed a young boy around the age of eight creating a beautiful sketch of the Mona Lisa. He was quite skilled and made a wondrous replica of Da Vinci's painting.

I enjoyed to museum so much and I hope that one day I can return and visit the exhibits I did not get to see.


Today, we took a train to Giverny and visited the gardens of Claude Monet, who has been one of my favorite artists since I was very young. The gardens were beautiful and we sat by the lilly pond as I took out a small notebook and sketched the view of the lilies right in front of me. I am very proud of this picture.