Paris - Day 4: Arc de Triomphe & Louvre

On our last day in Paris we started out our day with eating yummy croissants from the pastry shop next door.  Delish!  Then we hopped on the metro and then took the subway to our first stop, the Arc de Triomphe.  It is a really cool arch way that they built a long time ago as part of their festivals.  It is so big that we were able to go up into and see the city.
We were not exactly sure how to get to the arc because it is in the middle of a huge round about.  They have cars and buses going around in circles in what seems like no rules or order but they all seem to do it without crashing into each other.  But they don't have any pedestrian crossing to get across the street.  We finally asked a city worker and he directed us to the underground entrance that they have to get to the arc.  So clever.
It is really pretty up close.  Lots of details all over.  They had an elevator to take us almost to the top (since Connie was having a hard time with her foot) and then their were only a short stair case to get you all the way up.
You could see so much of Paris and the surroundings from the top.  It was super cool and really showed me how much more their is to see in Paris.   Guess I will have to come back with Tony some day.
After we saw all we wanted at the arc we got on the Hop On Hop Off bus that took us to the Louvre Museum.  The bus took us all over the town and it took a good long time to get us to the Louvre, but we did finally get there.
We got off the bus a stop early so we could get some lunch.  We stopped at a little shop and got some yummy food.  I got a yummy sandwich with meat, cheese, on yummy bread.  After we ate and used the restroom, we were ready to get to the Louvre.
By the time we got their we only had about two hours before we needed to start heading back to the hotel for our luggage.  We made the most out of our time time in the Louvre by going to the main things that we wanted to see first.
First thing we did was see the Mona Lisa.  We saw many other fine paintings on our way to the Mona Lisa.  Many naked men and women.  It is always super interesting to me how many naked people are painted and sculpted from the olden days.  Why were they so fascinated with the naked body?  Interesting stuff.
I am not a big art person.  I don't have a good memory for this stuff so I really just walked around.  There were a few things that I thought looked familiar and that is what I took a picture with.  So of course, Mona Lisa.  Yes I was one of those dorks who took a selfie with the Mona Lisa.  I don't really like pictures without people I know in them, so why not stick my head in the corner?  There were lots of people trying to get close to Mona Lisa and take pictures.  You had to wait in line.  It was a little maddening.
After that we saw he headless angle statue.  She also doesn't have any arms.  I am not sure the significance but I thought it looked familiar.  I also took a picture of small sphinx.  It was in the Egypt section so I assume that it was from a pyramid.  Could be wrong.  It was interesting to me.
After we used up all our time at the Louvre we found a subway stop super close and made our way back to our hotel where we retrieved our luggage before heading to the train station.  What a fun day we already had and it was only going to get more adventurous.