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The Louvre Courtyard, Midnight Paris. The Louvre. Midnight. We had the best adventure EVER that day - that will forever define our first visit to paris. It included walking 8 miles through the streets of Paris at night, experiencing the wonder of the Louvre at midnight - with the place to ourselves and magic all around, missing the last subway at 1am, consoling ourselves with wine, cheese and the most delicious chocolate ever made at 2am on the Champs Elysees. The stuff dreams are made of, baby. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Then and Now I love this photo. Obviously, taken at the Louvre. At night. Reflection on the pyramid thing going on. History and modern. Old and new. I love juxtapositions, don't you? ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Cour Napoleon, Louvre Museum Paris in December. I was sent there for voiceover work. They even sent my husband along so I wouldn't have to go alone. Lovely! Def a quick turnaround, not much sightseeing time. And I had a bee in my bonnet about shooting at night. Nevermind that it snowed every day (and night) that we were there... heck, you'll stay warm if you just keep moving! Which we did. Covered 8 miles this night. At the Louvre, it seems that if it's near freezing and close to midnight, you have the place to yourselves. I was focusing on a close up something or other, when my husband tapped me on the should and said "Look". I turned around and gasped. And shot. And later... well, I highly recommend Le Deauville on the Champs Elysees for chocolate and cognac at 2 a.m. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Louvre; Pavillion Sully The Louvre is the greatest remodel ever. It started with a moated fortress in the 12th century, on a spot known as the "Louvre" and grew and grew from there. The original hovel was torn down to build a proper monarch's residence in the 1600's... which is now known as Pavillion Sully. You can still see the original foundations in the "Medieval Louvre" department of the building you see here. I say that without proper authority - since it's something we didn't actually get to see. I was in Paris for a recording job, with very little sightseeing time. We had to choose between seeing alot of outsides of things or one or two insides of things. We opted for the former - and plan to return for the latter. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Pavilion Sully, The Louvre It's known as the "Clock Pavilion", for obvious reasons. And it was like a little time portal. This wing of the Louvre Sully was built between 1624 and 1654 under King Louis XIV. However, the original fortress foundation - circa the late 12th century lies below. History lives here. It lives and breathes here. As I stood there imagining the likes of Napoleon, Catherine de Medici, Louis XIV, Henry IV and others gadding about in this place - designing, building, adding onto this place, all the while plotting, planning, loving, warring, doing all that stuff called life in their world... it felt like time was folding. Becoming now... and then... at once. I kept feeling like I could almost see them... right there... out of the corner of my eye. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Louvre.Paris. Late at night. December. Butt-cold. More fun than I dreamed possible. It was a night that spanned snow, ice, 8 miles on foot, cognac and chocolate on the Champs Elysees at 2 a.m. and sights that defied both gravity and belief. It was... pure magic. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

The Louvre Courtyard, Midnight


Paris. The Louvre. Midnight.
We had the best adventure EVER that day - that will forever define our first visit to paris.

It included walking 8 miles through the streets of Paris at night, experiencing the wonder of the Louvre at midnight - with the place to ourselves and magic all around, missing the last subway at 1am, consoling ourselves with wine, cheese and the most delicious chocolate ever made at 2am on the Champs Elysees.

The stuff dreams are made of, baby.



©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Louvre Courtyard, Midnight Paris. The Louvre. Midnight. We had the best adventure EVER that day - that will forever define our first visit to paris. It included walking 8 miles through the streets of Paris at night, experiencing the wonder of the Louvre at midnight - with the place to ourselves and magic all around, missing the last subway at 1am, consoling ourselves with wine, cheese and the most delicious chocolate ever made at 2am on the Champs Elysees. The stuff dreams are made of, baby. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

The Louvre Courtyard, Midnight


Paris. The Louvre. Midnight.
We had the best adventure EVER that day - that will forever define our first visit to paris.

It included walking 8 miles through the streets of Paris at night, experiencing the wonder of the Louvre at midnight - with the place to ourselves and magic all around, missing the last subway at 1am, consoling ourselves with wine, cheese and the most delicious chocolate ever made at 2am on the Champs Elysees.

The stuff dreams are made of, baby.



©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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