The Louvre: pt 1

As someone whose focus in HISP was museum studies and who plans to work in museums one day, my goal in Paris is to visit as many museums as I can over the next month and document them here. This will likely turn into something for my final class project, but I’m not sure what yet.

Of course, I was thrilled to start class off by going to the largest museum in the world, the Louvre!

For my first day at the Louvre, I prioritized my must-sees, aka the Ancient Greek section. Between my Percy Jackson and Animal Crossing obsessions, this was obviously the place to start. After wandering past several cool statues of Athena and taking a picture of the three graces for my partner, I finally found my first must-see piece, the Venus de Milo. I have to say though, I was a bit disppointed by her. She’s gorgeous don’t get me wrong but she didn’t stand out to me the way I hoped she would. I’m still incredibly grateful to see her in person though.

My favorite piece was Winged Victory of Samothrace. I absolutely adore her and she definitely lived up to my expectations. I’m planning to get a tattoo of a piece of art that resonates with me while on this trip and currently she’s my top contender. I love the symbolism of victory, as this trip for me is a celebration of finally graduating college and preparing to start an incredible job as a middle school librarian while working on my MLIS.

At this point, I was hungry, so we went in search of a cafe. Along the way we got distracted by the medieval foundation of the palace (I never thought I’d be this excited over tool marks in stone yet here we are), the French crown jewels, Ancient Greek jewelry, and plenty of gorgeous ceilings.

Unfortunately, for us these detours meant that the cafe had closed by the time we go there, so we had to leave the museum to find food. While this was the end of this trip, I will certainly be back again.

While this is the official blog I will be using for class, I will be posting more casually on my Tumblr blog, Kath-in-Paris.tumblr.com. I spent far too long formatting it, only for it to not be able to work for official class purposes, so I refuse to abandon it completely.