Paris Day One - Louvre

Broken polarizer makes cool pictures.

First meal in Paris and it isn't pasta!

Richard Avedon.

Joanna at the Pompidou art gallery.

James Bond runs the coat check.

Man Ray.

Diane Arbus.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Hotel bathroom was in the middle of the stairs.

Hallway to our room was only wide enough for one.

Shot of the room, complete with sink, bidet, and flat screen tv.

Joanna doesn't want Pizza Hut.

She likes the little blue guy.

Pretty swanky subway entrance.

A store dedicated to killing pests.

Outside the Louvre.

Found her.

Had to do it. 

Photo by Joanna Fishbein - in case you couldn't guess.

He had it coming.

Looks like the Death Star.

Joanna looking at a Turner.

Looks just like him.

Me in the Louvre!

Cool ceiling.

"Raft of the Medusa" Gericault.

"Liberty Leading the People" Delacroix.

Another cool ceiling.

"Grande Odalisque" Ingres.

Joanna outside the Louvre.

Outside the Louvre.

Venice!

View from the boat.

Peter telling us where to go for lunch.

This was not my lunch.

Joanna on a bridge in Venice.

Tess and Joanna.

Close-up on a Salvador Dali painting.  I couldn't believe the detail!

Kori.

Renee.

Tess and Joanna.

Tess in our hostel room.

Good morning Venice.

Water flooding the sidewalks.

For Bryan.

Picking up the jellyfish.

Hannah on the boat to the art gallery.

Flooded souvenir shop.

Jeff Koons inflatable toys sculpture.  All of these look very real, but were actually made of steel.

Jeff Koons.

Koons.

"Family Romance" by Charles Ray (1993)

Thought it made for a good photo op.

Cool painter, ask Joanna.

First day of sun!

The must have gondola shot.

The locals call flooding "high waters".

Hotel Canada only had two stars!

We started to feed the birds...

Joanna didn't want to.

Second time goes better for the bird.

Too close.

Joanna doesn't like the birds again.