Thankful

 

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., with much to be thankful for.

 

Above: tree-lined path in the Jardin du Palais-Royal leads to the Louvre

 

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A Very Happy Thanksgiving from Paris

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Museum Monday

 

A bride stands before the largest painting in the Louvre, Les Noces de Cana, The Wedding at Cana, by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588).

 

Mona Monday

 

Day after day she calmly gazes over crowds reflected in the bulletproof glass that protects her.

 La Jaconde

Musée du Louvre

Café magic

 

Le Café Marly at night.

Pyramide du Louvre

Seeing double

I. M. Pei's Pyramide du Louvre might well be called, the "Pyramides du Louvre" as there are several smaller pyramids, a large inverted pyramid plus pyramid-shaped fountains.

Through the grid

Looking out onto a small pyramid from under the Louvre's great Pyramide.

Louvre façade

Section of a wall with arched passageway inside the Cour Napoléon at the Louvre.

Contre jour

A glimpse of I. M. Pei's great glass pyramid from inside the Louvre.

Arc du Carrousel

The Arc du Carrousel opens onto the Tuileries Gardens. In the distance, barely visible, the giant Ferris Wheel on Place de la Concorde.