I made my first solo-trip to Paris on a particularly snowy and frozen New Year in 2009.
Although not entirely comfortable due to language difficulties, the absolute fish-out-of-water feeling, and the fact that I had only four days there (barely enough time to revive from jet lag), I still fell madly and deeply in love with the City of Lights (which was more like the City of Ice that year). I vowed to return every year thereafter and, so far, I’ve kept that vow, making a solo-trip every year, and each time learning more about the distinct arrondissements and immersing myself more profoundly into the culture, architecture, art, and cafes. I believe I’ve written more posts about Paris than any other place I’ve visited. This prompt inspired me to create a list of the posts I’ve written about the Musèe du Louvre, a museum that would take many lifetimes to fully discover. There is one semi-factual work of semi-fiction :), many posts of the many photos I’ve taken (for I find unending photographic inspiration when I visit), and there are of course my impressions and emotions from visiting and viewing this most fascinating of places.
I anticipate my “Louvre List” to steadily grow as I consciously and determinedly keep my Paris vow to myself. A rule which I realized on that first visit – and one I intend to live by for as long as I am able – is: “One must always return to Paris.”
Please click on the links below to view the posts:
Aphrodite, Known as Venus de Milo
34 Paris Lessons You Probably Won’t Find in the Guidebooks
Sunset Through the Louvre Pyramid 1
Sunset Through the Louvre Pyramid 2
Flutist at the Louvre – “Danny Boy”
Louvre Pyramid: Color, Light, Shadow
Palais du Louvre and Returning to Myself
“Be Not Inhospitable to Strangers, Lest They Be…” (that semi-fictional work previously mentioned)
The Stele of Vultures, Louvre Museum
Statue of Ebih-il, Superintendent of Mari
Gudea & Stela of King Naram-Sin
The Organizer of Sacrifices, from the Royal Palace of Mari
The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon
Cour Khorsabad, Palace of Sargon II, Louvre
Frieze of the Transportation of Timber, Louvre
The Seated Scribe, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Louvre
Amenophis IV, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Louvre
Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Louvre
Fathers and Sons Across the Ages
Reflections from the Louvre II
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