Hello future students! As you’ll soon discover, determining where to eat every day can be a chore. It can be hard to find places that are delicious, affordable and are navigable with limited French. So, I’ve made a list of some of my favorite places for you! This will be two years out of date…
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This past Friday we visited Amiens for our class day trip and while we were there, visited Jules Verne’s home which has been turned into a museum about the author. I had started reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in preparation, but wasn’t able to finish it before the visit. Nevertheless, it was a really…
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More views of the prettiest building in Paris, the Montparnasse Tower, from across the city! My friends and I have determined that it not only looms, but lurks as well.
Two views from Chap de Mars park
Seen from the Basilique de Sa…
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This past Monday, I visited the Arc de Triomphe with my friend Libbie. We went because we needed something to do that didn’t cost money and the free museums around the city are largely closed on Mondays. It’s a site that I felt like I should go to while I’m here, but I didn’t feel…
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My last post included a poll where I asked my readers to rank eight of the creatures I saw at Château de Pierrefonds. Thank you to everyone who voted! As promised, I will share the results here. #8 Feathered Snake Coming Out of Helmet There was not a lot of enthusiasm for this little guy.…
As the title suggests, there’s a fun little poll on the best creature at Château de Pierrefonds included in this post. If you don’t want to scroll to the bottom of the page like an annoying cooking blog, you can access it here. Yesterday I visited Château de Pierrefonds, about an hour northeast of Paris…
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There’s a building in Fredericksburg that’s known as “the big ugly.” It’s a modernist building that is significantly taller than the others surrounding it. Personally, I like it. However, when my professor’s daughter said that the Montparnasse Tower was “the biggest ugly” I couldn’t agree more. The Montparnasse Tower was built as part of urban…
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As most of those reading this blog know, I am a German minor along with studying Historic Preservation. So I had to go visit Germany while I had the opportunity. This weekend, I went with my friend Libbie to Karlsruhe, a smaller city just across the border from France. We visited the Karlsruhe Palace and…
This past Wednesday, we took an unofficial class trip to the Panthéon, where France’s distinguished military commanders, artists and scientists are buried. I don’t particularly like human remains, so I was mostly there because my friends wanted to go. But once I was inside, I was captivated by a series of paintings of Joan of…
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This weekend I visited both Versailles and the Musée des Archives Nationales (the museum of France’s National Archives). Versailles was part of a trip organized by the study abroad organization while I visited the National Archives on my own with my friends. Left: Versailles gardens, Right: Courtyard of the Musée des Archives Nationales The gardens…
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