Finally, we have obtained an internet connection! I have been in technological withdrawal...
I am in Paris. A week ago today, I finished my last tutorial at Oxford University. I packed up my things, and said a rather drawn out goodbye to the city, spending a couple last days with my family, touring the Kilns (Lewis' home), and showing them some of my favorite spots around town. I have been in France for 4 days, and I miss England already.
Paris is, however, (rather unsurprisingly) a beautiful and marvelous place. I had no idea architecture could be so quintessentially... well, french. We have now seen Notre Dame, The Musee D'Orsay, The Eiffel Tower, Sainte Chapelle, The Conciergerie, St. Sulpice, The Pantheon (with Foucault's pendulum!), the Opera Garnier (the inspiration for Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra and thus Andrew Loyd Webber's musical), and also got a brief tour of the Paris Sewers (which Mom and I took at more of a sprint... I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for the weak stomach).
The small apartment we are staying in is on a cobbled street with rows of little shops. Past the red curtains and the rather grand white framed windows are opened into the room and one may peek out at the lovely little rue that stretches out in front. Directly across the street sits a little pastry shop which we have visited a time or two. Although french food is not really my forte, no one can frown in the face of a pain aux chocolat. mmmmmm... french pastries.
I must admit that my one regret for this Parisian experience is that I have not yet heard a busker playing La Vie En Rose. I know, I'm a ridiculously stereotypical tourist, but I can't help myself. Today, we make for the Louvre and Victor Hugo's House (yay!!). Tomorrow is Versailles, and then Trey and I embark on Europe Adventure 2008. Let's hope it's an adventure, rather than a catastrophe...
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Yesterday I went to the National Art Gallery in D.C.
I want to see more.
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