Tour de France?

I thought I would sit down this evening and write something while I cook dinner - that's usually the routine. But I am tired of writing about Kansas and wind and mud and flowers and dogs and cycling and obviously I am wallowing in Rutsville tonight. So, I asked myself, Where would I like to be if I could be somewhere else just now? And my self answered back, Le Musée Baccarat, in Paris!

Wow. I sure didn't see that reply coming. Well, maybe I did. It's been quite a few years since I have been in France, and I do love lots of things French.

Here's a link to the Baccarat Museum:

Where else would I stroll, à Paris?

Certainly the Louvre. There you can view art such as this:

Venus de Milo (or Aphrodite of Melos)

Winged Victory (The Victory — “Nike” in Greek)

Liberty Leading the People

And of course, Mona Lisa:
Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo

Interesting current event on the Mona Lisa: some historian somewhere (yeah, I could really make it at CNN, couldn't I?) is trying to find the origin of the REAL Mona Lisa. Some people are exhuming the 500-year-old bones of an Italian noblewoman, and are hoping to re-create her facial features to see if she is the "Mona Lisa".

Well. Good luck. Can art not be...art?

What else would I do in Paris? I would go down to the Metro and peruse the sales down there; some of my favorite scarves are from Paris "underground". I would return to Château de Versailles. All I remember is all the gold in all the rooms. I want a second helping, s'il vous plaît. And that Spouse o' Mine and I had some dandy dinners, just at local spots... - we are good at scoping out the local spots. I would definitely take him along on this Tour de France...

I wonder....what would any of you visit in France?