Blogs from France, Europe - page 1599

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 totally unpredictable, with blazing sunshiney days back-to-back with can't-go-outside-it's so-chilly. But it always starts with the morning clouds in a color I'll forever identify as Paris grey, and if they lift or not is up to chance. Sorry so tired... Animation is like trying to smash down a huge granite wall using a nerf bat. I put a few small scenes ... read more

hi everyone, this is going to be really quick coz very busy. having a great time on contiki. lots of great people. got lots of friends now. been to paris and beaujolais wine region. now in nice. very nice!!! went to mote carlo last night - their prince died. but was still good. will write more when i have more time. off to italy tomorrow. love you all xxoo... read more

We (Sarah, Joan, Kelly, Matt B, & I) took the train to Bayeux and started our tour from there, which was basically just renting a driver & a minivan to take us to all the big WWII places in Normandy. First stop: the Musee du Debarquement, where they had old uniforms, model ships & plane, maps, and short movies on the war; it overlooked the remains of 'Mulberry B' (an artificial port). Second stop: German bunkers which housed guns (though they looked more like cannons) that had a 12 mile range. Third stop: American Cemetary overlooking Omaha Beach Fourth stop: Omaha Beach (with monument) Fifth stop: Pointe de Hoc - one of the few battlesites from WWII left unchanged; the craters are huge but grown over with grass which kind of takes away from the bombed ... read more

so of course we had to start off this trip with a story. there were about 10 of us that had to catch the same train, so we all got to the train station and matt realized he didn't have Eurail pass, so he went back to get it & catch the next train, but it was late so he missed the flight. we (joan, kelly, sarah, schaefer, & i) flew into tours and took the train to paris. Dropped off stuff at the hostel, and headed towards the eiffel tower for dinner. After dark the eiffel tower lights up like a christmas tree on the hour, so we watched that and then went up the eiffel tower which had some amazing views of the city (it took come coaxing to get joan up there though). ... read more

Lo que no podíamos dejar de ver además de las importantes obras de arte de distintas épocas, era la madre de todas las pinturas: la Mona Lisa. Su sonrisa en verdad transmite un no se que que qué se yo... simplemente fenomenal.... read more