I have a lot of fun in museums (duh) and enjoy a range of games whenever I go, particularly in art museums. One of the more popular ones is “Has this artist ever seen a baby?” and you can swap baby for cat, horse, human, whatever is prevalent in the art. I played this in …
Fun Museum Game: Spot the Accession Number! Read More »
With all the traditional cockiness of a native New Yorker, I thought I was prepared for the Louvre. I’ve done the Met multiple times and am familiar with a huge museum that you cannot see all in one go, in addition to heavy crowds. But boy, was I wrong. I was not prepared. I was …
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As both a means of filling my blog and a way of exploring the various, ‘less popular’ museums of Paris, I will review some of the museums I have visited so far during the trip. The locations I will explore will be locales not seen by the greater MICEFA group. I will be judging the […]
I am in Paris for #HISPinParis22. It’s my first time back since 2019, the longest I’ve been away from my native city. As usual, one assignment for the class is that students have to blog about their experience. Personally, I haven’t b…
Friendly disagreement Read More »
Last Friday I visited the Pantheon with Cosette and Chloe, which was free and VERY much worth the trip. I was one of the things I was most looking forward to on this trip, so when I learned we weren’t … Continue reading
7/15: Heart of Gold Read More »
“It has a world renown; it is the triumph of steel-work; its unquestionable use for the transmission of wireless telegrams and the usefulness of this high monument as an observation station during the war, has consecrated its glory” (p. 12, … Continue reading
Yes, yes I know I’m tardy on getting this update out, what can I say, I wanted to relax as best I could the last 2 days. I have a lot, I repeat, A LOT of photos to go through, so many that after 2 days I was genuinely exhausting myself with the thought…
Although Dr. Smith’s fun fact before our trip to the top of the Eiffel was that it was only built to stand for 20 years, I made it to the top and back down again in one piece. From a planning perspective, Paris is a marvel from the sky. As a pedestrian in the city, […]
The view from the Eiffel Read More »
Update: Having some blog issues with photos. I will put a google photos album link here so you can see photos if you want, and hopefully will resolve this issue soon! Pantheon Photos On one of our days off, Chloe, Gabe, and I went to explore the Pantheon. I had never heard of it before …
Pantheon: What’s Left Behind Read More »
Today, Elizabeth, Jenna, and I decided to go to a nearby lake-beach: Île de Loisirs de Créteil. In order to get there, we would have…
