Day 25

Since the line for the Louvre was so long yesterday, we did it today instead. Sandra found a thing on the net that said to get the tickets and enter the Louvre from the subway station that was next to it. So we did. The line was far far shorter than the one we saw yesterday. Go Internet!

This museum was massive. Just massive. There was no way we could give it the full time it deserved. Plus, these things tire me out. Since we all agreed, we decided to hunt out the most famous stuff only. The Mona Lisa was a good example of this.

The whole architecture of the place was amazing. And the artwork on the ceilings made for good viewing.

We also came across this piece of famous artwork Portrait présumé de Gabrielle d'Estrées et de sa soeur la duchesse de Villars or otherwise known as Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters.

Now, I can't say as I don't have any sisters but I asked mum and Sandra and they both said that they definitely don't hang out with their sisters this way...

Once we were full of culture and history, we decided to balance it out by going to the Paris 2010 Manga and SciFi show (which ended today)! We found the address online the night before and found it wasn’t far from our apartment. Surprisingly, the folks weren’t interested in this, so Sandra and I went solo (like Han. Come on, get in the spirit!).

A train ride later told us that we were sadly mistaken about the address. Turns out this was the address of show next year. These are not the buildings you are looking for. Defeated, we went home to find out the real address (and get some Panadol. My head had started to hurt).

After getting some more accurate information, we set out again. This time, we hit the jackpot. Since we’d never been to something like this, we weren’t sure what to expect. But the atmosphere was pretty awesome. There were people in costume everywhere, video game stations, mass group “Dance Central”, karaoke, karate (although they weren’t displaying while we were there), quizzes, wrestling (WWE style), and loads of stores selling ninja swords, DVDs, and figurines. Awesome.

We went home and chatted with Jeff (Sandra’s brother) via MSN and then got ready for a night tour of Paris. Being the city of lights, this is something that had to be done.

The tour was good, except for one big fail. The commentary system (or the driver) kept stuffing up. Rarely did the monument line up with the dialog. Usually, the dialog would get interrupted or we would hear an interesting fact of something that wasn’t there. Other than this, the city at night was pretty good. The bus parked next to the Eiffel tower and waited for it to light up like a sparkly Christmas tree. Very cool.

Unfortunately because the tour didn’t start until ten we didn’t get home and in bed until around one which wasn’t too fun.