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 …
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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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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 …
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GIANT disclaimer!! I really did love Versailles, and Chloe is tired of hearing both my trademark “I liked this more than I thought I would” and “THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER,” both of which I said at Versailles. First off, Versailles gardens are my new favorite thing ever, and I could have spent the …
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After this, I’m going to try to take a more analytic approach to our experiences and sites, but we’re still settling in and kicking off our month here. Tomorrow we start with real class and visits, so the shift will become apparent. But, for today, enjoy semi-coherent rambling about salad test tubes, my friends, and …
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This is mostly filler until I figure out what I’m doing here. Anyway, you’ve found my blog about Paris, congratulations! Fun facts about me and this trip: I just graduated from UMW with my BA in Historic Preservation and a minor in Museum Studies. I was planning on being part of this program in 2021, …
