In which I did not visit the Louvre
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blodeueddI figured out why I couldn't find my previous posts, they had been dated April instead of May, for some reason. Livejournal thinks that France is a month behind Canada, not six hours ahead. Or did I travel back in time?
The Louvre museum, to be precise. It was closed, today, especially for me. I did get to see the outside, which is impressive enough, and means that I won't have to spend an hour exploring it when I do get around to seeing the inside.
I spent more time walking around, a bit on the Right Bank, this time, where there are lots of fancy little boutiques, and back on the Left Bank, where I visited the Cluny museum. It was quite interesting, and not too long a visit, with two floors, about 24 rooms between them. Lots of tapestries and statues of the Virgin and Child.
And in a room all to themselves, the "Dame a la Licorne" tapestries. Beautiful. Unlike some people who have no respect for history and the preservation of our heritage, I didn't touch them. Also, there were lots of security guards about. ^_^ I didn't buy anything in the gift shop, though it was tempting; time enough for that at the end of my trip.
Tomorrow, I leave on a 10:15 train and arrive at St-Malo a bit after 1. That is, as long as there isn't some horrible delay like there was for my plane.
I spent so much time walking today, a good deal of it because I got lost while trying to find a grocery store to buy myself supper. I thought I knew where I was going, but the thing with Paris is that you can't turn a corner and expect to be going at 90 degrees from your previous direction; not only do the street curve and cross each other at odd angles, they keep changing names, too! I finally found my hostel again, though, so everything's fine.
I'm hoping to get up early enough tomorrow to go visit the Pere Lachaise Cemetery before catching the train. It's only a few blocks away from the hostel, and it would be silly to miss it when I don't know where I'll be staying next time.
So now I have to go pack, rest my feet and figure out what my plans are for after tomorrow.
The Louvre museum, to be precise. It was closed, today, especially for me. I did get to see the outside, which is impressive enough, and means that I won't have to spend an hour exploring it when I do get around to seeing the inside.
I spent more time walking around, a bit on the Right Bank, this time, where there are lots of fancy little boutiques, and back on the Left Bank, where I visited the Cluny museum. It was quite interesting, and not too long a visit, with two floors, about 24 rooms between them. Lots of tapestries and statues of the Virgin and Child.
And in a room all to themselves, the "Dame a la Licorne" tapestries. Beautiful. Unlike some people who have no respect for history and the preservation of our heritage, I didn't touch them. Also, there were lots of security guards about. ^_^ I didn't buy anything in the gift shop, though it was tempting; time enough for that at the end of my trip.
Tomorrow, I leave on a 10:15 train and arrive at St-Malo a bit after 1. That is, as long as there isn't some horrible delay like there was for my plane.
I spent so much time walking today, a good deal of it because I got lost while trying to find a grocery store to buy myself supper. I thought I knew where I was going, but the thing with Paris is that you can't turn a corner and expect to be going at 90 degrees from your previous direction; not only do the street curve and cross each other at odd angles, they keep changing names, too! I finally found my hostel again, though, so everything's fine.
I'm hoping to get up early enough tomorrow to go visit the Pere Lachaise Cemetery before catching the train. It's only a few blocks away from the hostel, and it would be silly to miss it when I don't know where I'll be staying next time.
So now I have to go pack, rest my feet and figure out what my plans are for after tomorrow.
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ohhh
Le monde est petit
Date: 2002-05-19 07:08 pm (UTC)Nous avons soupé chez Pat et Barry. Andrea est arrivée de ses vacances. Ils se sont bien amusés.
Ici tout va comme d'habitude. C'est la routine.
J'espère que tu as du temps plus chaud qu'ici. On dirait l'automne.
N'oublie pas de chanter "À St-Malo beau port de mer (bis), Trois beau navire sont arrivés... Tu me diras ce que les habitants de la place en pensent.
Comme tu vois, je n'ai rien de spécial à te raconter. Juste pour te donner quelques lignes à lire.
Becs. Becs.
Mamasan.