After a hearty meal, we moved on to what Carl has considered the climax of the trip.
Our last day in Europe, we spend at the Louvre.

It was pretty cool to learn that the museum is actually a converted palace.

Makes sense. I mean, it looks like a French palace...

They've all got massive glass pyramids in the middle of them, right?

No, no, no. According to Dan Brown, the pyramid is there to house the remains of
Mary Magdaline - the Holy Grail herself.

HoLY CRaP!!! We found her!!!!! We found the Holy Grail!! This photo - and the
one of the Loch Ness Monster - are going to make us rich! RICH, I TELL YOU!!!!

Ok. Now on to a statue of a huge guy contemplating his own genitals.

And we'll follow that up with a shot of Faith contemplating some other huge guy's
genitals. Well, maybe "huge" isn't the right word. Neither is "contemplating" either, I think.

Anyway, cool cool museum. They allow photography, which is cool
because beauty abounds everywhere you turn.

Look, there's some more. No, not the homeless guy on the steps....

... the Nike of Samothrace behind him. This statue of Victory, with it's amazing sense of
dynamic motion - represents a pinnacle of Greek sculpture.

Ok, so you never heard of the statue of the Nike of Samothrace. No worries.
There's a bunch of other famous chicks in here. Like the Venus de Millo.

And of course there's Mona. I wonder if she knows Dan Brown thinks she's
a hermaphrodite? She is oddly compelling, though...

Ok, Faith is oddly compelled enough. Time to move on.


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