We went to the Louvre and spent over three hours and still saw only a small part of the museum.
The Louvre Palace is an almost rectangular structure, composed of the square Cour Carrée and two wings which wrap the Cour Napoléon to the north and south. In the heart of the complex is the Louvre Pyramid, above the visitor’s center. The museum is divided into three wings: the Sully Wing to the east, which contains the Cour Carrée and the oldest parts of the Louvre; the Richelieu Wing to the north; and the Denon Wing, which borders the Seine to the south. We didn’t even try to go into each of the wings. We mainly looked at European paintings in the Richelieu and Denon wings.
Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
L’Arc du Triomphe du Carrousel in background
We got off at Place de la Concorde and I looked at my purse and saw the zipper was open and my wallet was gone even though I was wearing it slung diagonally across my body and inside my coat, although the buttons weren’t done up. Sidney started crying. She later told us that she thought it meant we weren’t going to be able to get home because my wallet was gone.
Scott was later convinced the guy who directed us to the Metro was working with the gang of girls. In any event, it was clear they were pretty talented group of pick pockets.
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