Churching

Round 1 of churching began today, after combing through the local flea markets for antiques and vintage clothes I hit the famous Notre Dame cathedral and Sainte Chappelle. Both are beautiful works of architecture and offered some amazing views, gorgeous stained glass, and a whole lot of narrow stairs to climb.

Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle

I visited the Centre Pompidou, an incredible contemporary art museum. It was huge and a fantastical structure inside and out. There was live music inside, a band of three teenage girls playing french punk music. There were films running, a huge exhibition of feminist works (mostly from the 70's), lots of modernist movement paintings and sculpture, and a special exhibition for Kandinsky and Alexander Calder. It was an enlightening and interesting day out and I will have to go back!

Rodin, oh Rodin

Yesterday I visited the Rodin Museum. It was beautiful! Situated in an old hotel with a huge, gorgeous sculpture garden, I think it has become my new favorite spot in Paris. It's located in the 7th arrondissmont, which is also a really nice part of town which I enjoyed a little stroll through. Check out some pictures from the museum in the slideshow below. PS- there are mirrors all over and if you look hard you might catch me in a few of the shots- enjoy!

Rodin Museum Photos

A Trip to the Louvre

It's been raining for four days straight, but I braved the weather anyway to go do some drawing at the Louvre. Here I am cold and wet passing through the beautiful Garden of the Tuileries. You can check out some of my photos from the museum below!

Just a few photos from the Louvre

Again I apologize for the poor quality, no flashes allowed and my camera just can't handle the low lights...

Photos from the Musee D'Orsay

Musee D'Orsay

Today I visited the Musee D'Orsay, a great art museum just across from the Louvre. It houses a lot of impressionist work and some really great sculpture. I plan to go back a few more times before I leave! Culture shock of the day: instead of mustard or mayo the French put butter on their ham and chese sandwiches. It's actually pretty good and I orderd and paid entirely in French!

Bonjour!

Paris so far

We spend the first couple of nights in some great hotels including a luxury Hilton (thanks Sandy!) hanging out with John and his boys who were very helpful and brought along with them food, a car, a GPS toy, and a phone (THANKS!). After the first couple of nights we had a rough go of it trying to find an apartment and changing hotels. I spent some time along after Dad left finding a hotel and figuring things out but I am finally settled in the Territory, an artists' commune where I will be living and interning. It's situated on the most charming little cobblestone street I have ever seen. Here are some pictures of the hotels, sights so far, and where I live.