Blogs from France, Europe - page 1605

From Tours in the Louire valley to the heart of Parisian culture, wine, cheese, and a 'Latin quarter' full of greek restaurants...huh?... read more

This was our first trip when living in France. We were living in grenoble and went by train to Lyon. ... read more

sorry pressed enter by accident! So anyway....I think Terezin was even more moving because it was freezing cold the day we went, which just rubbe din how terrible it must have been to be living there. The bunks were crowded together, and were just wooden slats, 3 or 4 high. The museum there was excellent, retaining the dignity of the people who were imprisoned there, while still evoking the awful history of the time. The thing that really got me was the vividness of the colours and materials...somehow it really brought back how recent all this stuff was. The objects hadn't decayed, and there were many paintings done by the children held there too. These were the most moving for me, as each one had the name of the child atrist under it and whether or ... read more

Paris ... need I say more!!... read more

Well, as October was coming to a close, my classes were becoming more demanding, and we started to settle into Parisian life. However, Halloween in one of my favorite holidays, and I did not want to totally miss out on it just because we were here in France. Luckily for us, Disneyland Paris had a Halloween themed month in October, and I was interested in seeing if the Disneyland over here measured up to the original southern California Park. It was a lot of fun. For the most part the parks are the same as each other, but there were some surprising differences. For one thing the rollercoasters Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain are much more like real rollercoasters here than in the original. Thunder Mountain actually includes a fairly large drop that carries you under ... read more