"Is the Mona Lisa this small?" Kwak Beom's Paris Bakery Tour and Louvre Museum Exploration
The journey of a 3-day, 2-night trip to Paris, France, taken without using annual leave, has been revealed.
The journey of a 3-day, 2-night trip to Paris, France, taken without annual leave has been revealed. In the video, the cast members navigate the Paris morning on bicycles to visit famous local bakeries, and then continue their schedule by facing major works in the Louvre Museum.
Touring Paris' top bakeries by bicycle, "Baguette is number 1"
After starting their Paris morning, the cast members completed a schedule of visiting famous bakeries in downtown Paris using electric bicycles. According to the video description and the cast's remarks, pride in bread is depicted as being so high that there is a tradition of supplying macarons to the President of France for one year if one wins first place in a competition held by the city of Paris.
The cast visited four bakeries to experience different flavors. At the place introduced as the number 1 shop of 2026, they tasted croissants, and at the shop that won twice in the baguette competitions in 2016 and 2025, they sampled baguettes. Regarding the baguette, the cast expressed satisfaction, saying, "The concept of the baguette I have eaten so far has completely changed."
Next, they visited 'Storre', the oldest bakery in Paris, which opened in 1730. At this place, known as the place that makes the bread eaten by Louis XV, the cast tasted the signature menu item, the éclair. Finally, at the place mentioned as a regular spot for Coco Chanel, they sampled Mont Blanc, which combines meringue and chestnut cream. Among the visited bakeries, the cast chose the baguette as the final number 1, Chanel's regular spot as number 2, and the croissant as number 3. The éclair was selected as number 4.
Entering through the 'back door' of the Louvre Museum and viewing major masterpieces
After finishing the bakery tour, the group headed to the Louvre Museum. In the video, the cast members are shown entering the museum through other routes, such as the special exhibition entrance, rather than the main entrance. After checking the overwhelming ceiling structure inside the museum, the cast began to view the major works in earnest.
The first destination was the 'Mona Lisa'. The cast noted that the Mona Lisa is smaller in size than expected. In the video, it was mentioned that the Mona Lisa was produced by the request of a merchant from Florence, and various superstitions regarding the reason for the missing eyebrows (the beauty standards of the time, an unfinished work, loss due to time, etc.) were mentioned.
Next, in front of the 'Winged Victory of Samothrace', they viewed the statue of the goddess of victory, which became the origin of the Nike logo. This statue, known to be an anonymous work, was named after the island where it was discovered. It was also mentioned that the statue was inspired by the angel statue on the hood of a Rolls-Royce car.
Finally, the cast viewed the 'Venus de Milo'. The cast member, who revealed they were an art student, checked the details of the work while actually facing the Venus statue, which they had drawn hundreds of times through plaster casts in the past. The work is estimated to have been produced around 100 BC, and the historical background of it being discovered by a farmer in 1820 was shared.
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