Musee du Louvre

We had read so much about the long lines and huge crowds at the Louvre, we were tossing up whether to even bother with the Louvre at all. There is just so much to do in Paris we were thinking an hour in line to be squashed moving about didn't sound that appealing. A quick check of the radar on the morning of day 5, however, showed a fairly significant band of rain coming. So we hopped on the metro and headed out and I can only say that the tales are somewhat exaggerated. Ten minutes to get through security and 5 to buy a ticket and we were in - and what a show. Just the building itself is worth the admission and they have a few exhibits as well. We had a lovely few hours wandering about while the storm passed and the crowds weren't too bad at all.

Then as the sun peeked out from among the clouds we headed back to the Marais to mosey about and enjoy the Sunday afternoon cafes, buskers and general weekend festivities.Read more