Hey everyone! Well, we’re back to our normal schedules with class again. It honestly feels nice to see everyone again. We are almost 3 weeks into our 4-week trip which doesn’t seem real, I feel like we just arrived. However, that is a good sign because that means we’ve been having a great time and […]
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Today we visited the Musee d’Orsay in the 7th arrondissement of France. It was a beautiful Second Empire-style building with ornate windows and a visible roof line. Immediately upon entering the museum and looking up, I was slightly confused. We were going to a museum I knew nothing about, and it looked like a train …
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Opéra Garnier, Château de Vincennes, the Eiffel Tower, and more.
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It’s important to realize the medical science had a huge influence over people’s eating habits in the medieval age, especially when they were dropping like flies due to never-ending natural disasters. There was this prevailing idea from the 3rd century till about the of the four bodily humors, Flegmat (phlegm), Sanguin (blood), Coleric (yellow bile)…
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I also look at textiles because secretly I am an 95 year old woman from the 1930’s. I have always loved tactile arts. I have been sewing clothes and quilts for as long as I can remember and have added needlepoint, felting, knitting, crochet, and weaving through the years. Visiting the local yarn and fabricContinue reading “I don’t just look at buildings, parks, and old stuff…”
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First, I just wanted to say let us pretend this was posted last week and counts as my second blog for last week! 😀 (Bastille Day and this weekend made things so chaotic) Chateau de Vincennes Alright, so bringing it back to Tuesday of last week, we had an interesting MICEFA excursion to Chateau de […]
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One difference between Paris and even the most dense American cities that jumped out at me is the complete lack of surface parking lots in Paris. Not once have I noticed myself walking along the road and seeing any space on the surface dedicated to parking (excluding street parking of course). It hurts my American…
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Over the weekend I got to do many things that weren’t necessarily exciting, but were nice activities that were at a much slower pace than what usually happens during the week. On Thursday, the day before Bastille Day, I was able to go on a picnic and watch fireworks. Even though it wasn’t actually on…
We have visited so many places on our trip and I’ve been looking at the different levels of detail as we go along. Some places let the architecture speak for itself while others have such elaborate room decorations that it’s hard to know where to look. Sometimes I find myself staring at ceilings for minutes on …
Over the long weekend, roomie Grace, Caitlin (her friend from home whom I am so happy to know now since she is pretty awesome), and I took a trip to Annecy France. I have been looking forward to our long weekend becuase I knew it would be a great time to relax and do a …
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