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So its been a while since the last post, but this one promises to be one of the best, if not the best one yet. Just going to give a little picture-book type story of the trip to Paris last weekend (which was INCREDIBLE)!! Buckle up! Its going to be a fast trip!
BONUS!! videos!! There's a medly of short videos from Paris on my website - web.syr.edu/~jateska! And more to come, also!
Here we go!
Starting off -
Here's the Waterloo Train Station here in London as we are boarding the Eurostar.
And here's Courtney sitting in her assigned seat. You can see the layout of the train car.
This is the Gare Du Nord in Paris!
And here's a sample of what the interior of our room at the Hotel Richard looked like.
And here's a look at the hostel from the road.
Alright, when we got to Paris we dropped our stuff off, and then checked out the nearest monument - Bastille.
Then we walked along the Seine, to the ile of the City, and we toured Notre Dame. I'd have to say I'm getting pretty good at taking my own picture.
Andrew took this sweet picture of me and the lovely lady.
Here's the main alter area inside the church - very sweet.
And then, on the same little island was St Chappelle-
Here's the dude we bought our first crepes from. I had sugar and butter and it was delicious!
OK tomorrow or soon i'll post up the exterior panorama of Centre Pompidou - the post Modern museum in Paris. But for now, here's the interior of the lobby.
Here's the inside of the tubes on the outside of the building the building is inside out-ish, with the pipes and elevators and stairs all on the outside of the building. It was done like that to maximize space inside.
At night we went out to dinner - here's the appetizer i got - which is salmon.
And here's the main dish - a big pot full of Pork, Veggies, Potatos, Bacon and Sausage.
And Last but not least, here's the mousse au chocolate with a ball of pistachio!!
Here's the small patisserie type place where we got breakfast on Saturday - its right by our hostel.
And here i am on the Champs Elysees infront of L'arc de triomph!
Her'es the climb up - it cost about 5 Euros, but it was totally worth it. There's a museum on top, and it was just a gorgeous day up there. More pics of this event will be coming, there's some beauties!
A picture of Me and Courtney ontop of L'arc, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, unbelievable. The pictures were hard to take because it was so sunny!! (crazy, isn't it?!)
Heres everyone (except me) at the little pond in the Jardin des Touilleries which is situated between the Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomph, and Obelisque (which we've just hit), and the Louvre (which we are about to see).
I asked a man to take our picture. he did. and he gave the camera back, alright!!
This is Venus de Milo. Best part was seeing the back. Nowhere can you find a picture of the backs of any of these famous sculptures, so I made sure to check it out.
Victoire de Samalthrace (winged victory) (Nike), this was great, especially, again, to walk around it! This piece is one of my favs just because of the history and intrigue behind it.
Here's the group after tackling the Louvre... very tired.
So after the Louvre, we grabbed some croque monsieurs at a cafe nearby, went home to take a little napsky, then hit up the EIFFEL TOWER!! @ night - Absolutely Gorgeous!
Another view of the base:
Beautiful view of the city!
We spent a LONG time at the Eiffel Tower, so we went to bed afterwards, then the next morning, Sunday, we woke up, had the usual patisserie for breakfast, you know, croissants, pain au chocolate, and we went to the Musee D'Orsay, which was lovely, because i knew the history of it, and the art in it, i felt like I'd already been there before!
Here's Courtney in the lower gallery. The 5th floor one was the best, but the first did have some good ones, like both "dejeuner sur l'herbes" by Manet and Monet.
Here's 3 samples of the work that's in the Musee D'Orsay - very impressionistic. i loved getting close and being able to see the strokes!! It was like a private tour of the artist's studio. Here's a couple Van Gogh's. (don't wet your pants).
Pointilism (using tiny dots) by Seurat
So thats basically where I stopped taking pictures, after the Musee D'Orsay on Sunday, we went to the Latin Quarter, which is kind of where the Universities are (the sorbonne). We walked around a little, then went back to the Hostel, and some people left on Sunday Night. The rest of us, me included, left Monday morning at 6:30, meaning we had to take a taxi at 5:30 to the Gare au Nord because the subway wasn't working yet! Plus I was sick ontop of that, plus I had a presentation to make at 2, which wasn't done, and an essay due Wednesday - but i got it done, thankfully. Wouldn't have not-gone, in retrospect, it was a fabulous trip! Hope to get back sometime also, because it was very inspiring!
It was amazing, almost 99% of the french that i took in highschool came back to me! Which was crucial, because no one else in the house really spoke it well. So i was responsible for bridging the language gap between all 7 of my roomates, and the entire city. It was alot of hard work, but it was all very fun! and it felt great to be speaking french again!
I'll be posting another blog later on, with regular updates... I'll keep this entry "just paris."
Cheers,
Jamie
So its been a while since the last post, but this one promises to be one of the best, if not the best one yet. Just going to give a little picture-book type story of the trip to Paris last weekend (which was INCREDIBLE)!! Buckle up! Its going to be a fast trip!
BONUS!! videos!! There's a medly of short videos from Paris on my website - web.syr.edu/~jateska! And more to come, also!
Here we go!
Starting off -
Here's the Waterloo Train Station here in London as we are boarding the Eurostar.
And here's Courtney sitting in her assigned seat. You can see the layout of the train car.
This is the Gare Du Nord in Paris!
And here's a sample of what the interior of our room at the Hotel Richard looked like.
And here's a look at the hostel from the road.
Alright, when we got to Paris we dropped our stuff off, and then checked out the nearest monument - Bastille.
Then we walked along the Seine, to the ile of the City, and we toured Notre Dame. I'd have to say I'm getting pretty good at taking my own picture.
Andrew took this sweet picture of me and the lovely lady.
Here's the main alter area inside the church - very sweet.
And then, on the same little island was St Chappelle-
Here's the dude we bought our first crepes from. I had sugar and butter and it was delicious!
OK tomorrow or soon i'll post up the exterior panorama of Centre Pompidou - the post Modern museum in Paris. But for now, here's the interior of the lobby.
Here's the inside of the tubes on the outside of the building the building is inside out-ish, with the pipes and elevators and stairs all on the outside of the building. It was done like that to maximize space inside.
At night we went out to dinner - here's the appetizer i got - which is salmon.
And here's the main dish - a big pot full of Pork, Veggies, Potatos, Bacon and Sausage.
And Last but not least, here's the mousse au chocolate with a ball of pistachio!!
Here's the small patisserie type place where we got breakfast on Saturday - its right by our hostel.
And here i am on the Champs Elysees infront of L'arc de triomph!
Her'es the climb up - it cost about 5 Euros, but it was totally worth it. There's a museum on top, and it was just a gorgeous day up there. More pics of this event will be coming, there's some beauties!
A picture of Me and Courtney ontop of L'arc, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, unbelievable. The pictures were hard to take because it was so sunny!! (crazy, isn't it?!)
Heres everyone (except me) at the little pond in the Jardin des Touilleries which is situated between the Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomph, and Obelisque (which we've just hit), and the Louvre (which we are about to see).
I asked a man to take our picture. he did. and he gave the camera back, alright!!
This is Venus de Milo. Best part was seeing the back. Nowhere can you find a picture of the backs of any of these famous sculptures, so I made sure to check it out.
Victoire de Samalthrace (winged victory) (Nike), this was great, especially, again, to walk around it! This piece is one of my favs just because of the history and intrigue behind it.
Here's the group after tackling the Louvre... very tired.
Another view of the base:
Beautiful view of the city!
We spent a LONG time at the Eiffel Tower, so we went to bed afterwards, then the next morning, Sunday, we woke up, had the usual patisserie for breakfast, you know, croissants, pain au chocolate, and we went to the Musee D'Orsay, which was lovely, because i knew the history of it, and the art in it, i felt like I'd already been there before!
Here's Courtney in the lower gallery. The 5th floor one was the best, but the first did have some good ones, like both "dejeuner sur l'herbes" by Manet and Monet.
Here's 3 samples of the work that's in the Musee D'Orsay - very impressionistic. i loved getting close and being able to see the strokes!! It was like a private tour of the artist's studio. Here's a couple Van Gogh's. (don't wet your pants).
Pointilism (using tiny dots) by Seurat
So thats basically where I stopped taking pictures, after the Musee D'Orsay on Sunday, we went to the Latin Quarter, which is kind of where the Universities are (the sorbonne). We walked around a little, then went back to the Hostel, and some people left on Sunday Night. The rest of us, me included, left Monday morning at 6:30, meaning we had to take a taxi at 5:30 to the Gare au Nord because the subway wasn't working yet! Plus I was sick ontop of that, plus I had a presentation to make at 2, which wasn't done, and an essay due Wednesday - but i got it done, thankfully. Wouldn't have not-gone, in retrospect, it was a fabulous trip! Hope to get back sometime also, because it was very inspiring!
It was amazing, almost 99% of the french that i took in highschool came back to me! Which was crucial, because no one else in the house really spoke it well. So i was responsible for bridging the language gap between all 7 of my roomates, and the entire city. It was alot of hard work, but it was all very fun! and it felt great to be speaking french again!
I'll be posting another blog later on, with regular updates... I'll keep this entry "just paris."
Cheers,
Jamie
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