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Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris September 19th 2005

This weekend was the JOURNEES DU PATRIMOINE for all of France. This is a celebration that happens one weekend a year, in which all many private buildings are open to the public for free (museums, government and private buildings, etc.). You could see the inside of the Hôtel de Ville (the Paris City Hall), the Luxombourg Palace (at the gardens where I like to do my homework and which I believe houses the Senate), the Court of Justice, and many other buildings to name just a few. I didn’t get to tour anything on Saturday morning because my roommate Kyle and I had previously gotten tickets (ours cost around 25€ with a Euro (€) worth about $1.24 US right now . . . which is better than when I arrived and it was $1.28 US or ... read more
the Grand Palais in Daytime
Outside the Grand Palais at Night
Les Globes de Coronelli

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris September 11th 2005

One of my favorite places to go is the Palais et Jardin du Luxembourg. According to my Green Guide, the Palace and Gardens were built for Marie de Medici (of the famous family from Florence which also gave patronage to Galileo during his life) after she decided to leave the Louvre (which was the royal palace) upon the death of Henri IV in 1610. Marie wanted a place to remind her of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence where she grew up. Today the palace houses the Senate and the gardens are open to the public; the gardens are especially popular with students from the Latin Quarter. The Latin Quarter is so-named because many years ago Latin was the language of education and this was center of education in Paris and France for something like 700 years. ... read more
Another View of Luxombourg Gardens
Phonetique
Side-street off of Boulevard St. Michel

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris September 7th 2005

Well, I wanted to go ahead and post the pics I've taken since the last post even though I haven't taken the time to write much. I promise I will actually write stuff to go with the pics I post soon. Until then however, a funny story: I included the picture of my meal at a McDonald's (which I've only eaten at like 3 times in 10 days . . . it may seem like a lot but it is actually much less than I eat fast food in Edmond, and I'm really trying to eat local). You would not believe how popular (and expensive) "American" things are here, whether French people will admit it or not. McDonald's is one of these things (also included in this category is the Gap, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, surfer ... read more
Eiffel Tower

Cathédrale Notre Dame
La Sorbonne

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris September 1st 2005

Well, I just got an adapter so my computer will have power and I'll finally be able to post some things. Its almost 1AM here so I'm tired right now, but click "read full text" to see some pictures to start off my blog.... read more
the Hostel Residents
French Friends
My Bookshelf

North America » United States » Oklahoma » Norman August 15th 2005

Well, its just two more weeks until I leave to go for my semester in Paris studying French language and culture. I'm very excited, and have been working hard to get all my stuff together.... read more




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