Blogs from France, Europe - page 1554

My Love Hate Relationship with Paris !!! Sorry about the shortness of the last entry, as the keyboards are one of the many things I did not like and also went wrong while here!!! This place is probably one of the 10 places in your life you should go to, but I understand how some people could have a love hate relationship with this place. It changed for me like every minute!!! Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the trip. Item 1. Freaking Cold Weather We were unpleasantly surprised to see the some of the coldest weather I have seen anywhere this year; colder than at home! I could see my breath, my gloves were NOT warm enough and the cold just went straight through my pants…Love Paris: 0, Hate Paris 1. Item ... read more

So these pictures are actually from several weeks ago when the cold here first finally hit. I went to the Palais de Chaillot which hosts the Musee de l'Homme to see an exhibit on birth, "la Naissance" with my friend Danielle. Aside from the creepy life-size doll of a nanny, reminiscent of wax figures that always weird me out, who stood at the entrance pivoting at the waist and darting her eyes side to side, the exhibit was pretty cool. there was everything from smell samples of different birthing environments at different time periods (hospital 1890 v hospital 1960 v home) according to what sterilization methods were used at the time, to the history of midwives (who in french are called "sage-femme" which i love) to the story of the placenta in different cultures, etc. Anyway, ... read more

Hello Reader. After the terror of losing a thousand songs from my Rio, Eric was nice enough to put some of the songs he had onto my player. Eighty-five. Over the next few days I listened to the music, and some of it was really, really good. I even liked a few of the metal songs he put on, (I am ususlly not a big fan of metal). Anyways, this gave me a great idea to just upload music from the people I meet and/or stay with, that way I can take a little bit of everyone with me. And by the end of my trip I will have an entire collection of songs from all over Europe. How's that for a souvenir? Lyon will be remembered as a great city. I enjoyed all the sights ... read more

Äntligen börjat göra nåt åt reserapport grejen. Använder det här för att få folk att sluta klaga på mig vad gäller bristen på mejl. Nu BEHÖVER jag inte skicka mejl till er, ni kan kolla in min travelblog iställlet! Ska försöka göra en sammanfattning av vad jag har gjort här hittills. September 2005 Jag tror att jag avslutade det senaste (och enda) mejlet nånstans i mitten på September. Sen dess har en del grejer hänt. Veckan innan skolan började åkte jag, Bruno (den lille schweizaren), Joyce och Paulina (två mexikanskor) till Dunkuerque på kusten. Jättetrevligt ställe med en fin strand och underbart väder. Problemet var bara att vi planerade att åka hem till Lille med 19.30 tåget..... som visade sig inte finnas i dessa delar av Frankrike. Sista tåget lämnade Dunkuerque vid 19.15 och efter det ... read more

Hello Reader. It is called 'Les Marmottes,' which is a small, gopher-like animal who has nothing to do with cheese. The restaurant, on the other hand, leaves an inescapable aroma of cheese on the clothes of every guest. After playing Mario Kart for a while and then cleaning up Johanna's house, went to meet Jojo and her sister, Tamara, near the restaurant. Tamara had also invited two of her friends, Stefan, from Barcelona, a musician who was more comfortable speaking with me in Spanish, and Romain, a theater student, who invited me to go on a twelve day hike around Mont Blanc in July. After walking a few unnecessary blocks to the restaurant, we met Christophe, an avid reader, and recently became a fan of opera. Are you taking notes? Later there will be a quiz ... read more