Wine tour 2012 - day 2

We went to the Louvre today, expecting to see a big queue as it was free-entry on the first Sunday of the month. Fortunately since we were early we only needed to queue for less than one hour to go in. Weather was gloomy and there was a little drizzle, and it was a bit chilly, but we were all excited.

Just like any tourist, we went to see the most famous artefacts, focusing on the Denon wing, including Mona Lisa, Winged Victory and other treasures. It really would take a whole day or even more if we want to look at each individual piece of art. But as time does not allow (as well as our stamina), we spent basically a half day going to the different areas and left after taking lunch in the cafe.

Going out into bright sunshine, it was so gorgeous that we stopped to take photos of the glass pyramid outside, with Ah Foot as the model. Many people also stopped to look at him and thought we were crazy. But turned out Ah Foot was so good that many of the best photos were taken with him!

We then walked along the avenue to Place de la Concorde, taking a look also at the Luxor Obelisk, and then walked further to Champs Elysees. Visiting our Haagen-Dazs flagship shop, we took a break and had some nice ice-cream. Of course, the ladies began to get itchy with their shopping instinct and we went to the different shops like LV. Since I lost all my credit card, I got the excuse not to buy anything for Ivy, haha!

Afterwards we headed back to the hotel, to meet up with Benny who arrived in the late afternoon. We then went together to dinner, at a seafood restaurant called La Stella. Again, delicious food pairing with some wine, we all enjoyed very much and had a full belly to start our main part of the tour - Burgundy - on the next day...

(to be continued...)