Last night we ate a little local restaurant called The Ziti. It was great food. Rick had a very unique pasta with shrimp. The shrimp had all the legs and heads still on them. Too much for me to pick through, I hate cutting the fat off of a piece of steak, let alone the head of a shrimp. I ordered a calzone….which was great until I got to the middle and as I cut it this yellow liquid oozed out. I realized that I had a raw egg in the middle of my calzone. I nicely cut around the goo and ate the edge of my calzone. Everything else was great, I had the best fried calamari I think I have ever eaten. It was very fresh and tasted very good. Rick had an incredible mushroom cream soup with truffles. It was a great way to end the evening. The Eiffel Tower was lit up in blue again tonight, however it was even more fantastic because it sparkled like a million people were dangling from every part of the Eiffel Tower and were taking pictures with their flash on. It was impressive.

Today we headed to The Louvre Museum. We spent all day admiring the many different pieces of artwork displayed throughout this museum. You really need probably two days to be able to see everything there is to see in The Louvre. I really liked some of the pieces and want to know more about them. I had seen some ancient artwork while in Rome last month, but this was truly incredible. There was some very impressive pieces of history displayed in The Louvre. I really liked the Egyptian art, the sarcophagi where incredible to see in person. The Parisian artwork and of course the Mona Lisa painting were cool. One of my favorite paintings is “Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters” for some reason it really caught my eye

I recommend visiting The Louvre Museum on your weekend in Paris trip. However, you may want to add an extra day to your trip to be able really see the details of this museum. If you really want to enjoy The Louvre, then I suggest that you read up on the paintings, I did some brief reading here at The Louvre Web site. Tomorrow we head back to Utah. We leave at 10:00 a.m. and arrive in Utah around 1:00 p.m. that does include the 11:00 hour flight time. I hope I can get some sleep on the plane tomorrow.

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