Encountering the Monalisa

Definitely one of the coolest things I've got to do this past summer in Paris. I decided to go to the Louvre which (funny enough) I've been wanting to do forever. I never got to go to the Louvre even after the number of times I've visited Paris. Every time I decide to go something has to happen to change that plan.

Anyways, Finally I decided okay! it's been long enough I have to spend a day at the Louvre so I went and ofcourse I was looking forward to seeing the famous "MonaLisa" as many of the tourists did. I have to admit when I entered the building I was truly amazed by the structure and a bit distracted by the Library and the Gift shop :P (which I spent hours at later).

I walked in, past all the sections and the periods of history with the excitement of getting closer to the Monalisa. It's funny how at every single corner there was always a poster that indicated "The Monalisa ---->" pointing you to the direction.. on the right.. on the left.. up the stairs.. down ahead! Until...

I got to a narrow long hallway that had paintings on both sides, I knew that the Monalisa was near since I saw crowds of people standing by a giant doorway on the right. So I entered and there she was. I have to admit that I was shocked by how extremely small the painting of Monalisa was. I thought it was just the effect of standing far away but as I got closer and closer.. I realized it was actually SMALL or not THAT big as you'd probably expect.

It was kinda funny as I kept staring at her while people were taking pictures as you can obviously see above. The Monalisa was one of those experiences that were considered as a "big deal" and it was! I would wanna go see her again, you know.. just to say Hello! :)