The Louvre – Paris, France

We spent 7 hours at the Louvre but it still wasn’t enough time to take in all the magnificent pieces of art.

I’m not usually a fan of museums solely because I’m not a very artsy person, so I feel like I don’t fully appreciate it. Buuuut I LOVED THE LOUVRE. What I enjoyed about it is that there are thousands of paintings, sculptures and pieces of history, each that have a story of their own, made with such precision and vision, and some dating up to thousands of years ago.

I definitely would go back (wearing more comfortable shoes and prepared with snacks) in a heartbeat.

I highly recommend getting their audio guide if you go. It’s so high tech, it helps you navigate the ginormous museum and gives some background information. Without the audio guide, I would have been strolling cluelessly just being like “ah that’s nice” the whole time.

Pam x

The Titanic Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland

We drove 1.5 hours from Dublin to get to Belfast City. We tried looking for a place to eat but since it was Sunday, everything was closed.

If you’re driving around Belfast, you can’t miss the Titanic Museum. The building is so big and absolutely gorgeous.

We had a nice lunch inside then headed to the exhibits. The museum covered the topics of Belfast’s boom in the industry in the early 1900s then moved on to the ship building industry and how the making of The Titanic started. Exhibits covered the launching of The Titanic to virtual tours of the ship to personal stories of survivors. The museum was interactive, there were a lot of touchscreen guides, videos on walls, and what surprised me the most was a ride within the museum (it was just a slow 3 minute ride but it was interesting nonetheless).

This may have been the first museum that I really read all the information.