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dear_prudencebonjour! we are now back in london after a wonderful few days in paris. last night we were honoured with an invitation to spend rosh hashanah with the katz family, which involved much good food, wine and merriment, so i've left updating til this morning. i'm going to have to report on the paris leg of our journey in several parts, but i'm hoping to do that over the course of the day.
so! we had an uneventful flight and took the most expensive taxi ride of our lives to our little apartment in rue du temple in the marais. it was the cutest, frenchiest apartment you can imagine. to get to it you had to climb up four flights of old wooden stairs that got narrower and more rickety as you went. there was one more staircase once actually inside, and you could actually see roof tiles between the steps - we were staying on the roof! it had a curved ceiling with exposed beams so it felt like sleeping in an upturned boat. on the roof. it was so cool!
a short trip to the monoprix down the street saw us set up with the parisian necessities:
then we had an earlyish night.
the next day we started with a visit to the glorious and imposing notre dame. on the way we passed this very interesting fountain:
all the little contraptions in it whizzed and turned and moved with the water flowing through them. it was very cool.
i'm thinking of making a book entitled 'stained glass windows i have loved' - i'm pretty sure i already have enough material just from this one trip
the pope candles puzzled us until we found out a few days later that he'd recently visited the city
i was very impressed with the general beauty and splendor of the whole cathedral, and then we rounded a corner, i saw this, and it absolutely took my breath away. there was something about the richness of the purple glass, and the sheer size and delicate beauty of the whole thing that just stopped me, gaping, in my tracks.
after notre dame we went for a walk down the seine to the louvre.
i have been very nervous about this ever since we decided to come to paris - so much wonderful art, so impossible to take it all in! we decided to have lunch intheir restaurant (very delicious, btw!), look over a plan of the gallery, and just choose a section. we ended up taking in most of the richelieu wing, including the 15th-17th century dutch and german paintings, as well as some renaissance & medieval tapestries and objets d'art.
after all that excitement, and serious sensory overload, we had to have a nice long sit in les jardins des tuileries with some macaroons. oh yeah, they're gluten free! *happy dance*
stay tuned for the next installment! ♥
so! we had an uneventful flight and took the most expensive taxi ride of our lives to our little apartment in rue du temple in the marais. it was the cutest, frenchiest apartment you can imagine. to get to it you had to climb up four flights of old wooden stairs that got narrower and more rickety as you went. there was one more staircase once actually inside, and you could actually see roof tiles between the steps - we were staying on the roof! it had a curved ceiling with exposed beams so it felt like sleeping in an upturned boat. on the roof. it was so cool!
a short trip to the monoprix down the street saw us set up with the parisian necessities:
then we had an earlyish night.
the next day we started with a visit to the glorious and imposing notre dame. on the way we passed this very interesting fountain:
all the little contraptions in it whizzed and turned and moved with the water flowing through them. it was very cool.
i'm thinking of making a book entitled 'stained glass windows i have loved' - i'm pretty sure i already have enough material just from this one trip
the pope candles puzzled us until we found out a few days later that he'd recently visited the city
i was very impressed with the general beauty and splendor of the whole cathedral, and then we rounded a corner, i saw this, and it absolutely took my breath away. there was something about the richness of the purple glass, and the sheer size and delicate beauty of the whole thing that just stopped me, gaping, in my tracks.
after notre dame we went for a walk down the seine to the louvre.
i have been very nervous about this ever since we decided to come to paris - so much wonderful art, so impossible to take it all in! we decided to have lunch intheir restaurant (very delicious, btw!), look over a plan of the gallery, and just choose a section. we ended up taking in most of the richelieu wing, including the 15th-17th century dutch and german paintings, as well as some renaissance & medieval tapestries and objets d'art.
after all that excitement, and serious sensory overload, we had to have a nice long sit in les jardins des tuileries with some macaroons. oh yeah, they're gluten free! *happy dance*
stay tuned for the next installment! ♥
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Date: 2008-09-30 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:07 pm (UTC)Thank you for sharing your pictures! Have fun in England and post more!
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Date: 2008-09-30 10:17 pm (UTC)don't worry - there will be more posts! barring unforseen circumstances i'll have net access for the rest of the trip (only a few more days til we fly home!)
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Date: 2008-09-30 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 10:13 pm (UTC)and thank you for the compliment x
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Date: 2008-10-01 12:56 am (UTC)