Til next time: Paris day 7 and 8 (11.28-29.2009)

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Paris and i highly recommend it to anyone who's looking for a place to visit. The city is super easy to get around, there are lots of places to see, and its a beautiful place to visit to broaden your perspective on the world and its history. let me know if you're planning to go and you can borrow all my notes!

Paris Day 7 pictures here

Paris Day 8 pictures here

inspiration: Paris Day 6 (11.27.09)

ok seriously, my inspiration to blog about paris is pretty much nonexistent right now. i would graph-out my inspiration timeline for you from pre-paris to now but that would require work and inspiration...both of which my laziness has overcome. another excuse is my vp just came by to tell us that we can all go home early now if all "critical issues" are resolved...and posting paris pics  is not under the 'critical issue' category :)

Day Six Pics here...2 more days to go!

Happy Thanksgiving Americans!: Paris Day 5 (11.26.09)

During our visit to the Louvre (which btw is the most overwhelming museum i have ever visited), we ran across countless # of classes that were learning about art. i love this type of learning! maybe i was deprived of this as a student but can you imagine going to school in paris and being able to see first-hand all the things your history, literature, and art teachers are trying to get across to you?

Day 5 pictures here

Vous êtes belle: Paris Day 4 (11.25.09)

i came back from paris with a long list of things i wanted to further research - one being...synonyms for the word, beautiful.

Day 4 pictures here.

Dedicated to Ms.William: Paris Day 3 (11.24.2009)

Ms. Williams was my junior year high school history teacher and I am dedicating this post to her because she is the only history teacher I can remember the name of (I can remember plenty of past history teacher's faces though!!). I remember her name not because she made me fall in love with history but because she was completely biased towards me and my friends because we were known to place in history fair. i had it so easy in her class...placing in history fair meant straight A's for the rest of the year :).

I never realized how much i enjoyed learning about history until college - that's when i realized history was all about people and their decisions and personal journeys which intertwine into a bigger picture. with that said, one of the top 5 favorite things about my trip was learning more about france's history, revolutions, and people (specifically, marie antoniette and napoleon). so much of france's history i was unaware of which caused me to wonder if i had a poor history education or if i didnt pay attention during class! sigh, the mysteries of life.

paris day 3 pictures here, enjoy!

Cowboy in paris eating pho: Paris Day 1 & 2 (11.22-23.2009)

"bonjour! parlez-vous anglais?" - my most spoken phrase during my time in paris which also happens to be the only thing i know how to say in french! As a cost-saving measure, my company had a forced shut down for 1 week during Thanksgiving which prompted my mom to take me TRAVELING - dont i have the best mom in the world? we decided on paris since tickets were super affordable and quickly found a nice apartment to rent out for the 8 days we pretended to be parisians. The apartment was top 5 favorite parts of Paris because it felt like home to us and there was a kitchen/dining room where we could eat breakfast together each morning. Breakfast was top 5 favorite meal in paris which consisted of coffee, fresh baguette with generous spoonfuls of french butter smeared on top, and pastries from a local bakery we would walk to each morning to buy. life was good.

click here for pictures of our first 2 days in paris...comments = part of my blog post :). i know, it's cheating but cant control the laziness.