But, today, we are en route to a meeting with destiny. Perhaps Michigan doesn't have a defense, but we have Museum Passes and can walk right in the back door at the Louvre bypassing all those Pyramid lines (much like the Michigan defense wishes it could, against any Division I school and a number of smaller schools).
We are armed with the Rick Steeves Louvre guide, hoping to hit the highlights and still have time to get some other things accomplished today. Headphones, iPad, Louvre... All ready to start, so here we go!
Enter the first wing, follow the directions... Bzzzt! Exhibit moved! Somewhere else with a not very helpful map of where! It became clear that people don't whine much when their objective is already being achieved. We wandered for much longer than we should have before jumping over the pre-Classical Greek statues. Then finding Venus de Milo was a bit of a chore, using the Rick Steeves directions and the Louvre map. Once we were in the right wing, though, and following the signs, it was a bit better. And when we got to Venus, we got back on the "highlights" tour with no problem.
Per tour instructions, we took careful note of Venus' butt, but no picture of that, best to leave some things to be seen for yourself.
From Venus, we trekked to Winged Victory, then through a number of paintings, including the Mona Lisa. Who knew she was so young!
Finally, after a little snack, we reached the end of the tour. Tired but triumphant we exited the Louvre. We were glad that was done!
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