Day Ten
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
This is our last day of the trip. The day at the beginning of the trip I was wishing for, but now I am sad it has arrived. Paris needs more than four days to really explore, and I have to admit, I was getting used to the city life.
Today was the second site to the Eiffel Tower that I was dying to see, the Louvre. My desire to see the Louvre came before the Da Vinci Code and before my project because of all the famous pieces of art. I decided to get the Da Vinci Code audio guide because it was the premise of my project. I have to say it was the best audio guide I have ever heard. The voice of character Captain Bezu Fache and the sound of his foot steps led us through the key rooms of the Louvre where the novel took place. I was excited that the tour high lighted more pieces of art than the guide the Louvre’s website. I was so overwhelmed with all the paintings, their sizes and the fact that I had studied a good chunk of them in my art history course this past semester. Book copies really do no justice to the real deal.
I was so impressed with my experience with the Louvre that I didn’t really want to do another museum to lessen my experience. I like to enjoy one thing at a time and I think another museum would have taken away from the experience I had at the Louvre. Lynn and I decided to walk back to the hotel, with a stop to eat our sandwiches on the banks of the Seine. It was a beautiful day and relaxing to sit there and chat while watching cruise boats go by with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Our last night was great to have a group dinner. We all found our way to Le Chein Fumier, or the Smoking Dog. It was an old, but really cool restaurant, with delicious food and fun waiters, as always. Emmy’s toast was “You’ve all been a pleasure. You’ve all been a pain. But it has been a wicked good time.” I think she summed up the trip perfectly. After dinner, Emmy, Amy and I watched the Eiffel Tower light show over the Seine. The tower looked like a sparkling diamond in the sky. It was the perfect end to a most memorable trip!
