The Louvre

This famous pyramids were designed by a Chinese architect and this one is an inversion of the pyramid above that serves as an entrace to the museum (see my picture with the kids in a previous post). The Louvre was built in the middle ages and was used as a fortress. It was later modified and used as a palace and finally a museum.

it also has a shopping mall in it complete with the most luxurious bathroom i think i have ever seen in my life!

lunch in the food court of the Louvre shopping area!

yep - this is the luxurious bathroom i referred to above!!! this is actually a picture of the toilet paper that is for sale (5 Euros per roll!) displayed on the wall of the bathroom. this luxury does come at a price though..... 1 Euro per person to use this bathroom.... there was a very strict bathroom attendent there collecting money and directing you to the proper area. there was techno music playing in the background and the smell of cheap perfume was in the air. the smell was actually almost worse than a port-a-potty - i think. after each person used the bathroom - the stall was cleaned very carefully. Helen, Jillian and I got to use a special bathroom for toddlers and babies. There was even a little cushioned toddler seat carefully displayed for Helen to use. Although I didn't change Jillian's diaper - there was a very luxurious changing table available for use.... it was more fancy that my changing table at home :)

Ross - had the camera with him and snapped this picture of the men's room.....

the tour bus! speaking of smells - i promise not to get too graphic on this one... but life is about the adventure right?..... i want to look back on my blog and remember every detail about each excursion we take...so i have to tell you that while we were on this tour bus we were "fortunate" enough .... or maybe "unlucky enough" is a better description - to sit right in front of a little boy who appeared to have the stomach flu! ugh! at first, i just thought he may be "bus sick".... kind of like car sick :)..... nope - after lunch the same thing happened :) not the sounds and smells you want to think about .... but i have to admit that i have been there before ... with the sick child .... and it's no fun..... let's just hope we didn't bring the flu home as a souviner :)