We saw the majority of major tourist sights in Paris, ate at Rue de la Huchette at least four times, had a "piquenique" under the Eiffel Tower at night, saw the vast majority of the Louvre and still had the stamina to do the Musée d'Orsay. Talk about draining. Here's a picture with me and a painting from my favourite artist, Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun.
I'm a particularly huge fan of her self portraits and this is the second one of hers that I've been able to see in Europe. My very favourite painting of the moment is one of her self-portraits and I got to see it in London.
We even made it across to Pigalles, the Moulin Rouge and found the Cafe des Deux Moulins used in Amelie.
Actually, as most of you know, my absolute favourite saint is St. Therese of Lisieux and by some weird chance her relics were on display for a few weeks at Sacre Coeur. So I walked in there to the sight of hundreds of roses and people kneeling in prayer. I was so excited I nearly cried. That alone was worth not going to Paris a few weeks ago.
Also, as I mentioned a few posts ago, each of our trips has a few theme songs that either apply to the place we're in or just happen to be stuck in our head.
This trip also had three songs -
Sky - Joshua Radin - what can I say...the song is absolutely beautiful and so fun to sing when waiting at the metro.
Aux Champs Elysees - Joe Dassin - this one is just obvious. Plus it's SO HAPPY.
The third song was a bit complicated. See, it was stuck in our heads ALLLLL weekend but it was soo not what you want to be singing out loud in Paris. I'd keep catching myself singing the first line and slapping my hand over my mouth to shut myself up. I think I'll leave this one a surprise for those of you who made it this far reading. Here you go - SONG NUMBER THREE
Okay people...off to either bed or studying. (Wow, as I typed that I almost felt like I was being given Cromwell's orders of "to hell or connaught" - talk about between a rock and a hard place).
This trip also had three songs -
Sky - Joshua Radin - what can I say...the song is absolutely beautiful and so fun to sing when waiting at the metro.
Aux Champs Elysees - Joe Dassin - this one is just obvious. Plus it's SO HAPPY.
The third song was a bit complicated. See, it was stuck in our heads ALLLLL weekend but it was soo not what you want to be singing out loud in Paris. I'd keep catching myself singing the first line and slapping my hand over my mouth to shut myself up. I think I'll leave this one a surprise for those of you who made it this far reading. Here you go - SONG NUMBER THREE
Okay people...off to either bed or studying. (Wow, as I typed that I almost felt like I was being given Cromwell's orders of "to hell or connaught" - talk about between a rock and a hard place).
yayyy looks like fun! I'm glad you got to Paris after all!
ReplyDeletealso, I can't help but be impressed with how much room you have for songs in your head...I have had Totoro and Bad Romance stuck in my head on loop since I got here...they won't leave me aloneeee! :P