Blogs from Picardy, France, Europe - page 9

An diesem Tag bin ich von Amiens zum historischen Ort Compiegne und habe mir dort den Eisenbahnwaggon angesehen. Das Schloß in der Stadt habe ich mir dann aber gespart und bin zurück zu meinem Projekthotel in Heerlen.... read more

What a journey! It always feels a long way before we start to feel we are on holiday. By the time we reach the M6 we generally though feel as if we are on our way. 5 hours of driving and we arrived at the Channel Tunnel. France and Calais beckoned just the other side of the Channel. We had planned a leisurely ride down to the Dordogne with stops on the way. Our journey on the train never seems to take long and on the way we found ourselves talking to two Maltese men, a father and a son who had travelled from home in Malta to Britain to purchase their second hand cars and then drive them home across Europe. It appears that it costs less to buy a car here in Britain, drive ... read more

Well today was epic, we went on a day trip to the town of Chantilly on the train and walked from the train station to the Chateau. (It rained today as well as a little thunder storm) The Chantilly estate began in 1484 when Chantilly came into the possession of the Montmorency family. The first mansion was built in 1528-1531 for the Constable Anne de Montmorency. The Petit Château was also built for him, around 1560. We went through the Petit Château on a guided tour. The Château is actually made up of two châteaux (yes that is the plural) that join together, the 15th-century Petit Château and the 19th-century Grand Château. They house the Musée Condé, featuring the Duc d’Aumale’s beautifully decorated private apartments and a fabulous collection of old master paintings and rare books ... read more

France is originally named after the latin word francia which means land of the franks. there are many theories to the origin of the name but they all have to agree on one theory one day. France has the largest area from all the European union and is kind of larger than Spain. France's modern borders are just like the t Gauls which was conquered by the Romans in the 2nd century. The gauls had to the tongue of the romans which was latin and also roman culture. Laon has a lot of medievil building's. One of the most important one is Cathedral Notre-dome laon. It dated back 12th and 13th century. It is now used as a courthouse. there is also a gothic cloister and an old chapel of two story's. The church of Saint ... read more

We finally had our first official orientation today after being here for 3 weeks now... and the President of the international students association was naming all the countries that were attending the university here. He mentioned Vietnam...and for some reason I was the only asian guy in the room, so there were heads turning for a while trying to find this Vietnamese guy until all eyes finally laid on me. lol. Then i realized what just happened...so then i had to say out loud, ummmm....im from chicago or en francais "Je viens des Etats-Unis"! After I said that, people had this look on their face like they were kinda confused. lol. And then they served us lunch. We went around introducing ourselves and then of course the first thing they said was "ah, tu viens de ... read more