We began our fourth day in Paris at one of the largest museums in the world- the Louvre. I was overwhelmed by the size and by the crowds at this museum. The Louvre has three large wings- each with about four floors of stuff see. We were in the building for a little over three hours and were only able to see one floor of the Denon wing, and one floor of the Sully wing. We did see "the big 3" (Winged Victory, Venus de Milo, and Mona Lisa), though. We started with the European paintings and then moved through the Greek and Egyptian artifacts. Three hours was about all that I could take. It was so crowded- even for such a large building. Under the Louvre, there was a shopping area / food court. After our museum visit, we went to this underground area to eat at the McDonalds. It was so nice to have fries and a coke after fighting the crowds all morning. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Louvre- I just wasn't prepared for it being so large and busy.
After spending our morning at the Louvre, we hopped on the metro and headed to the Arc de Triomphe. It was cool to see this monument. We climbed all the way to the top where we had a great view of the Champs-Elysees. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking down this street and popping into different shops along the way. The Champs-Elysees was decorated with Christmas lights that started to come on as it got later into the evening. There were also lots of vendors along the road, and there were even carnival rides set up in one area. The kids wanted to ride another carousel, and we let them. It was a fun day.
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