http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/kellygoes/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from kellygoes en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:17:51 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:17:51 +0000 No pictures with this one just a goodbye.6 months Half a year has gone by since I got on that plane at LAX and landed in Paris on a rainy January night. Tomorrow morning I'll wake up while it's still dark hauling one suitcase full of clothes and comics the other full of a few thousand drawings back to the airport and leave France.I don't like how quickly things become memories already I' http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-12311.html I'm still aliveAnd still in France.Since the knowledge that all of my classmates are in the thick summer right now things have felt diffrent. Another big change was getting settled in a new apartment. My trusty home of 317 Vaugirard was cleaned out and abanoned and I hauled all my stuff to an apartment on the outer edge of southern Paris. Bertrand the exchange student who went to Calarts has r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-10839.html I'm back at school after another two week break It seems there are breaks and holidays constantally in France The first week was spent finally getting to see my Mom and having a wonderful time being a tourist again with her in the south of france. Highly reccomended is the old rennisance areas of Lyon and a relaxing bike ride along the coastline of Nice.The second week was animation as usual i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-8327.html Because this is just a test post Fantastic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3068.html These test entries are amazing Feel the awe. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3070.html Writing this on a french keyboard in a Paris apartment in a country not my own.Wow.So there was flying and landing and training and bussing turbulance rain snow a baguette and now trail mix for dinner. I can't believe I made it in one piece. But unless this is some sweet sweet dream I am pretty well settled in Paris. I got off the metro luggage lost but a group of classmates found. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3295.html From my first few days... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3361.html Back from my 4th day at Gobelins my 5th in Paris. I'm learning alot about how the school and the country works.At 9am there is a roll call. Everyone must be at their desk or they get marked off. If you come after the roll call you have to pop into the director's office personally and let him know where you were. There is an hour for lunch then another roll call then the building closes at 8 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3402.html Here comes my weekend... Story in the captions.p.s There is no feature to reply to the comments that are left but I love getting them I'll try to answer any questions within the entries. Please keep writing it's good to hear your voices. D http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3470.html Tomorrow is feburary The month of love Where I will passionetly give myself over to my film I will jump into it's arms and we will have Paris together. I just did the math and it looks like I will be animating 15 seconds a week in order to complete this puppy in 15 weeks. Anyways... Here's my weekend in Amelieland. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3762.html The week went by quicker than could keep up with. School was a blur now that I try to think back on it. Mostly handling technical difficulties between my american mac and the french PC's and finally getting acsess to my storyboard files.I attended their actingforanimators class which was taught by a retired mime. They were learning coreographed swordfighting so we all took turns going at ea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3636.html Just a quick post to link you to the next Paris comic journal thingy. This one is longer and gets abit crazy. I should be drawing backgrounds for my film... but this was more fun. Another true story from the Carnet de Voyage.Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4Page 5 Back to work. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3836.html 21 days in France. Does it seem that long to you The weeks are a blur and I mark the weekends with pictures each one a mini vacation. I don't work on the weekends yet. I am used to the french keyboards now and typing this entry on my ibook is confusing. On satudray I completed my Parisian transformation by buying a long black coat a book to read on the metro and entrance into a paris night http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-3996.html Wuhh I'm tired. I don't have a great reason for being tired except that I might subconsiously be on constant highalertsurvivalmode and not know it. This week I revised some character designs animated one scene sucsessfully and trashed numerous attempts at a second scene. Today I was completley burned out on 34th walks in perspective so I found much more instant gratification in making ano http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-4141.html Just some pictures from the weekend and a squeak to say I'm still alive. Tomorrow will mark exactally one month on this side of the pond. I got to enjoy the company of some other American students this weekend and the weather was unpredicible and crazy. Every half hour it would change from sun to snow to wind to hail... I still managed to get laundry done despite nature's wrath.The louvre was h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-4264.html HeyWell it's been awhile since I last updated and another couple of weeks have blurred by. Snow hit the city hard last weekend and even though the skies are blue now the temprature is 2 to 6 degrees C. Power went out at the school on monday so students were locked out for the rest of the week while they fixed electricity stuff. For me this ment a very long week of wandering museums doodl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-4815.html As promised it's the fantastic Ireland Trip ReportI was nervous about this whole thing jumping on a plane to a random contry you know not a soul in hoping you've got a place to sleep enough money in budget and luck will bump you into some friendly faces. But wow Now that I've done it I can't wait to go everywhere else. One of the biggest eye openers for me was that there is a whole travel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/blog-5217.html March is wrapping up so here's s note from the Paris front.It seems like I have been here a very long time.I've been here long enough to have memories about arriving my first month my first feelings here. It's strange to have memories about a place you haven't left yet.So going on over 3 months things are starting to look up. This weekend Spring hit Paris without warning pouring tanningstre http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-5750.html Hello world. Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. It's that time of the year where all other concerns fall aside and I save all my energy for drawing lots and lots of near identical pictures.Early this month saw a group of CalArtians invade Paris it was great to see some familiar faces and share the fun spots that I've found in the city. It also completley wore me out. April weather has been tota http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-6850.html