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(Forgive any typos in this entry, I’m not typing on a qwerty keyboard. The only way I could describe it would be ‘azerty’.)
I’ve been in Paris for about 48 hours, and things couldn’t be going better, considering that my grasp of the language consists of ‘yes’ ‘no’ ‘please’ ‘thank you’ and ‘pardon.’ Needless to say, it’s very hard to be anything less than polite. I’ve found that some people (particularly waiters) give me a look that manages to say, “You’re not fooling anybody… let’s just try and do this in English, shall we?”
Went to the Louvre yesterday for a few hours. I got lost in the Egyptian section for a while; after my earlier visit to the British Museum, the Louvre’s collection of artifacts (artefacts) wasn’t nearly as impressive. I only have a certain tolerance for black-top redware (as I’m sure Bill can appreciate). Once I found my way to the wing with the Italian masters, I was quite impressed. Who would have thought you could paint Jesus in so many different situations? The poor guy must not have had time for anything else. (“And for my next miracle, I’ll turn water into funk.”) Obviously, I visited the Mona Lisa; the room wasn’t anything like The Da Vinci Code said it would be. (Damn you and your lies, Dan Brown!) Hundreds of people were crowding around the painting trying to take pictures of it. Why anyone would take a low-quality shot (some people even had the flash on!) of the most famous and easiest-to-download painting in the world is beyond me.
Overall, the Louvre’s paintings and sculpture weren’t as impressive as the building itself. If am am ever installed as the king of France, my first order of business will be to move 90% of the paintings to another museum and turn the building back into a palace.
Today I’m going to find Jim Morrison’s grave. Then, who knows. Maybe I’ll have a baguette.
Tags: Paris, Travel
Mark
Not impressed with the paintings in the Louvre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go back to go and do not collect $200.
“the Louvre’s paintings and sculpture weren’t as impressive as the building itself”
This comment from the guy who thought the American looking for English on the Rosetta Stone was betraying his ignorance.
Besides Mark’s real fans want to know whether it’s a dialogue or a monologue Mark hears when no one speaks.
“the Louvre’s paintings and scultpture weren’t as impressive as the building itself”
Now it all becomes clear why mark is an engineer and not an english major.
Seems like your Aunt Teri is the only one who understands you……….You always did prefer playing MONOPOLY to playing in art museums……………………and who are SURFER and OneDotOh anyway??????……………….Love you and Be Safe!
I think that you all should get your own blogs. This is my forum to make unpopular statements, and, by golly, that’s what I’m going to do. While I’m at it, I’d like to state for the record that OJ is innocent and there’s nothing you can do to change that.
I think I’ll just stay out of museums for the rest of the trip; I hope you’re all pleased with yourselves.