Museum of Lourves and Palace of Versailles
It is safe to say that two of the must see places in Paris are the Lourve and Palace of Versailles.
The museum of Lourve is famous on it's own right, but recently popularised by the "da vinci code"
At there, I met a Caucasian who speaks the best Mandarin (the lady in the middle)! and most importantly, it was with a Taiwanese accent. When she started talking, i was shocked for a few second cause I am really not used to seeing a Caucasian speaks such fluent mandarin. As it turned out she spent many years in Taiwan, and had taught my dad 1 or 2 days of French when she was there...small world huh~. Anyway... I just love the glass pyramid! I am sure it'll look spectacular at night as well, just sadly didn't get to witness it. 
The inverted pyramid instead is very unique, but I guess I can't help thinking about the last scene in Da Vinci Code.... :P 
The thign about Lourve is that it's not just the artworks that's worth seeing, the architecture and interior design is absolutely amazing! My favourite will has to be the rooms renovated during residence of Louise XIV, just look at the details put into the ceilings and the walls. Not to mention the whole room is lavished with gold. 
The famous artworks in Lourve include the statue of Venis (Venus de Milo)
and of course the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is actually a lot smaller than i imagined, it's even smaller than the wall scrolls I have in my room. and it's protected by I dotn' know how many layer of glass and alarms. It is also the room with a huge crowd of people. I had to literally push thru mountains of ppl to take this picture. I guess the special thing I found with this picture is that no matter which angle you look at her, Mona Lisa smiles right back at you, kinda.. ghostly actually. 
My favourite picture has to be "The Coronation of Napoleon I" because I just love how realistic the velvet robe looks like. In fact, think I saw this painting in one of the films I saw recently.. was it Shrek 3? or Enchanted.. hm.. can't remember :P 
Just outside of the Lourve is another arc of Triumph, a smaller version of the one at the end of Champee Elysees. The 3 arcs (including La Defence) form a straight line. Isn't that just a perfect platform for treasure map etc? :P
The Palace of Versailles is another must see in Paris. It's a place reside in the town of Versailles. It was renovated by Louis XIV after visiting a Chateau of his finace minister, he felt he's residence back then (Lourve) was nothing in comparison. So he picked a hunting lodge at Versaille and began its expansion and renovation, which later became the well know Palace of Versailles. Unfortunately the exterior of Versailles was under maintenance so we coudnlt' take a good photo of it, so here's a picture of the back :P
I really like the design of the palace, because the same extravagance design of the ceilings renovated by Louis XIV was echoed through the Versailles. This photo shows the hall of mirror. 
What I love about the palace is that most of the rooms have a theme, and that all the decorations were carefully design to suit that theme. For example, the room of Saturn (in Roman mythology is associated with agriculture and abundance) so the entire ceiling had pictures showing Saturn at the time of harvest. It is again unfortunate that there were special exhibition on display during our visit, so we could not take photos in those rooms. The above photo shows the game room I think. 
And here's a picture of the queen's chamber. On the left (not in the photo) there's a little side door which connects to the King's room for er.. convenience and privacy.
And what is a palance without a grand garden right? the garden of Versailles honestly stretch out over the horizon! but I guess having visit it during Winter it's not overly exciting in my opinon.
Lourve and Versailles is definatley a must-visit in Paris! it gives me a feel of what it feels to be royalty in those days! it is honestly Awesome!!!
The museum of Lourve is famous on it's own right, but recently popularised by the "da vinci code"
At there, I met a Caucasian who speaks the best Mandarin (the lady in the middle)! and most importantly, it was with a Taiwanese accent. When she started talking, i was shocked for a few second cause I am really not used to seeing a Caucasian speaks such fluent mandarin. As it turned out she spent many years in Taiwan, and had taught my dad 1 or 2 days of French when she was there...small world huh~. Anyway... I just love the glass pyramid! I am sure it'll look spectacular at night as well, just sadly didn't get to witness it. 
The inverted pyramid instead is very unique, but I guess I can't help thinking about the last scene in Da Vinci Code.... :P 
The thign about Lourve is that it's not just the artworks that's worth seeing, the architecture and interior design is absolutely amazing! My favourite will has to be the rooms renovated during residence of Louise XIV, just look at the details put into the ceilings and the walls. Not to mention the whole room is lavished with gold. 
The famous artworks in Lourve include the statue of Venis (Venus de Milo)
and of course the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is actually a lot smaller than i imagined, it's even smaller than the wall scrolls I have in my room. and it's protected by I dotn' know how many layer of glass and alarms. It is also the room with a huge crowd of people. I had to literally push thru mountains of ppl to take this picture. I guess the special thing I found with this picture is that no matter which angle you look at her, Mona Lisa smiles right back at you, kinda.. ghostly actually. 
My favourite picture has to be "The Coronation of Napoleon I" because I just love how realistic the velvet robe looks like. In fact, think I saw this painting in one of the films I saw recently.. was it Shrek 3? or Enchanted.. hm.. can't remember :P 
Just outside of the Lourve is another arc of Triumph, a smaller version of the one at the end of Champee Elysees. The 3 arcs (including La Defence) form a straight line. Isn't that just a perfect platform for treasure map etc? :P
The Palace of Versailles is another must see in Paris. It's a place reside in the town of Versailles. It was renovated by Louis XIV after visiting a Chateau of his finace minister, he felt he's residence back then (Lourve) was nothing in comparison. So he picked a hunting lodge at Versaille and began its expansion and renovation, which later became the well know Palace of Versailles. Unfortunately the exterior of Versailles was under maintenance so we coudnlt' take a good photo of it, so here's a picture of the back :P
I really like the design of the palace, because the same extravagance design of the ceilings renovated by Louis XIV was echoed through the Versailles. This photo shows the hall of mirror. 
What I love about the palace is that most of the rooms have a theme, and that all the decorations were carefully design to suit that theme. For example, the room of Saturn (in Roman mythology is associated with agriculture and abundance) so the entire ceiling had pictures showing Saturn at the time of harvest. It is again unfortunate that there were special exhibition on display during our visit, so we could not take photos in those rooms. The above photo shows the game room I think. 
And here's a picture of the queen's chamber. On the left (not in the photo) there's a little side door which connects to the King's room for er.. convenience and privacy. 
And what is a palance without a grand garden right? the garden of Versailles honestly stretch out over the horizon! but I guess having visit it during Winter it's not overly exciting in my opinon.Lourve and Versailles is definatley a must-visit in Paris! it gives me a feel of what it feels to be royalty in those days! it is honestly Awesome!!!
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