1. We stopped in Beaune, France, found a Romanesco Broccoli/Cauliflower, and had ratatouille. (IT WAS SO GOOD MINE WILL NEVER LIVE UP TO IT.)
3. I took a ceiling selfie.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
The Les Mis quote had to happen sometime, what better than our last full day in Paris?
There were two things I wanted to do in Paris: 1) go to Montmartre, and 2) visit he catacombs. I did neither of those. However, in doing so, I discovered other things that I wanted to do. Because I do not have the words to describe how much I have fallen in love with the city of Paris, I am going to leave you with pictures and the knowledge that I will find my way back to this beautiful city, I swear it.
A Tale of Two Cities
Okay, so, -5 creativity for that title, I know but give me a break, it practically wrote itself!
This was our earliest morning to date, having to get up and out of the hotel by 5:30. It was gross and sad. But we did it. We got to take the Eurostar into Paris, which was an interesting experience. Instead of coral reefs and fish, we saw fog and tunnels. Also, the ear popping was horrendous. All in all, utterly anticlimactic.
To waste time on the train, we played cards against humanity. Maebelle beat me. MAEBELLE BEAT ME. Let that sink in. *cough* the card game for terrible people *cough*
...
When we arrived in Paris, we picked up our tour guide and spun off into the fastest tour of Paris that has ever taken place. We hit every pick stop, including this one:
The Eiffel Tower was originally not supposed to be a permanent fixture. In fact, some people were so opposed to to that they are lunch on the tower. Why? Because anywhere else in the city, he could see it, and they lost their appetite. Zing!
We were able to see many other places as well, like Concord Square (I feel the need for a Les Mis quote), Moulin Rouge, and the place where Marie Antionette lived her final days.
Finally, I'll end with pictures taken while in the roundabout around the Arc de Triomph:
A Tale of Two Cities
Okay, so, -5 creativity for that title, I know but give me a break, it practically wrote itself!
This was our earliest morning to date, having to get up and out of the hotel by 5:30. It was gross and sad. But we did it. We got to take the Eurostar into Paris, which was an interesting experience. Instead of coral reefs and fish, we saw fog and tunnels. Also, the ear popping was horrendous. All in all, utterly anticlimactic.
To waste time on the train, we played cards against humanity. Maebelle beat me. MAEBELLE BEAT ME. Let that sink in. *cough* the card game for terrible people *cough*
...
When we arrived in Paris, we picked up our tour guide and spun off into the fastest tour of Paris that has ever taken place. We hit every pick stop, including this one:
The Eiffel Tower was originally not supposed to be a permanent fixture. In fact, some people were so opposed to to that they are lunch on the tower. Why? Because anywhere else in the city, he could see it, and they lost their appetite. Zing!
We were able to see many other places as well, like Concord Square (I feel the need for a Les Mis quote), Moulin Rouge, and the place where Marie Antionette lived her final days.
Finally, I'll end with pictures taken while in the roundabout around the Arc de Triomph:
A pun of the day (sponsored by Vishnu)
"Despite pressure to clean up their act, most dirtbags live in a vacuum."
Am I back in NC? Oh, no, it's a better Bath.
London is by far my favorite place to be at any given time. In fact, I hope to live there/study abroad there. I can dream, right?
Today we actually didn't spend all that much time in London-we went to Bath and Stonehenge. If you've never been to Bath and have any sort of interest in architecture/history, go right now. It is one of the greatest places ever. It's the place where the Romans built their baths over top of thermal springs. It's the place where pride and prejudice was written. It's the place where the layout of a modern town originated. Please go. I beg you.
As someone who is incredibly obsessed with archaeology, I loved the Roman Baths. It is quite literally like wandering through history. While you stand above the Baths, you can see the minster of Bath, gazing through not one, but two incredibly amazing parts of history. In fact, here, have a picture:
Now, my favorite part of the day was going to Stonehenge. I went to Stonehenge six years ago on a People to People trip. Two years ago, when Stonehenge became a world heritage site, an agreement was made that the site would be returned to it's former glory--removing the road up to the site, moving the visitors center, and putting the road next to the site underground. The goal is that when you visit Stonehenge, you will see it as it was meant to be seen. The work they've done so far is wonderful, and Stonehenge is no longer dwarfed by buildings and busses and roads (oh my!). The changes allow visitors to have time to understand the site and it's significance as it's position as a prehistoric crematorium. With the removal of the urban development around the site, you can truly exit the world of the living and enter the world of the dead.
Well this didn't go according to plan...
I apologize for not having kept up with this as much as I should have. But! I'm going to get back up to date. So here goes.
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