Blogs from France, Europe - page 1600

Nous avons fait un formidable voyage a Lyon. Voici quelques images (bestof) du sejour du vendredi 4 mars au dimanche 13 mars. ... read more

Hey! Well, 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, doodling, and avoiding being outside in the frozen city as much as possibile. Highlights were the Rodin sculpture museum, the Marais and Bastielle areas at night, and a swingin underground jazz club with new american friends Today we've been let back into the building, so I'm trying to get as much animation done today before catching a flight to Ireland tomorrow! ... read more

Left Paris on or about this day for Brugge via Lille. This blog will contain a few of my favorite photos/sites. Next blog will be from Madrid, Spain. Now that I have to rest my legs in the evening after training I may get a few more of these blogs posted. Viva La France! Will return again.... read more

Grand Opera Feb 24, 2005 To see a performance at the Paris Opera House should be high on anyone’s list of must sees when in Paris. This is one of the few events that I remember the actual date that I was there (birthday). All other dates for attractions and towns are close approximates (typically within two or three days) no further than a week off at the very worst. All I can say is wow, stunning, incredible. While the seat was nothing to write home about the whole cultural experience was one that I’ll never forget. I hope to return to the opera house again in the future. My suggestion to you is prebook tickets if you really want to go. You won’t regret it even if the performance is a yawn. Oh yes, this ... read more

Villa Savoye By Le Corbusier, 1929 Typical tourists are lucky just to see the most recognizable sites in a major city. I’m never just satisfied with the easy and convenient sites. I’m known for going to out of the way places by difficult and inconvenient means just to satisfy a hankering. I’m a sucker for architecture the good, bad and the plain ugly. If I’ve read an article on a place, seen a photo of a structure, or been told that I must/mustn’t see an architect’s work I’ll be very tempted to cross sea and climb mountains to reach it just to say I’ve been there. Today I visited one of the most recognizable works of the International Style, Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye. This little voyage was probably the second most difficult trek I’ve made to ... read more