1. Which
event/place/monument in Paris did you most connect with? Explain your experiences in detail.
Hmmm…this
one is tough. I think the places I most connected with were the churches. This
is probably because of my more religious nature. When inside the churches, I
couldn’t help but think about what the builders were thinking as they built the
church. They were doing everything for God and I love that their passion is
represented by the beauty of the church. I also loved seeing the things that no
one else sees, like the only house in Paris made of wood and the Marais
district. I enjoyed not feeling like a tourist in those places because there
were no other tourists there, which made it all more beautiful.
This is an orthodox church I think, right down the street from the Gentilly Metro station, near our hotel. We saw it when we had to walk the length of a metro ride, from Gentilly station to Cite Universitaire station on the first or second day in Paris. There was some sort of technical difficulty with the metro, forcing us to walk.
Look at the detail in the doorway, amazing!
There are twelve green statues around the bell tower, one for each of the twelve disciples.
The rose window in Notre Dame
I thought these goblin things were cool.
Notre Dame et moi
This was a church down the street from the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou. I don't remember the name.
This was a church next to the Centre Pompidou that doubled as an art museum.
I am with you always. (from the Great Commission, Matthew 28:18-20)
This is the only and the oldest wooden house in Paris, located in the Marais district.
This church was called St. Severin and had lots of really detailed stained glass.
It was across the street from where we ate dinner one night.
Sacre Coeur
The last two were from St Madeleine church. It was really beautiful.
This was a church behind the Louvre. Sure, the clouds look nice now, but an hour earlier, they showed no mercy to two students walking with one umbrella across the Place de la Concorde.
L'eglise St Laurent and its Franche Comte bell tower (Clocher de Franche Comte), unique to the region of Franche Comte.
Cathedral de Besancon. I found it was very hard to get good picture inside of churches.
The church of Malans and the beautiful hill behind it.
2. What were some of
the differences that you noticed between France and the United States? This could be anything. Explain in detail.
In Paris, people speak much more
quietly than us Americans. However, in the country, people speak a bit louder
and say words like Bonjour a bit differently. Also, the French people seem very
determined to get where they are going but are comfortable where they are, if that
makes sense. It’s sorta like they don’t stop to smell the roses because they
are smelling them the whole time.
3. What was something
new that you learned in London? Explain.
I did not go
to London.
Update: at Heathrow, don't pack your cheese in a way that it looks like explosives. See a previous post for an explanation.
4. What is a saying, a
quote, or some piece of information that you will remember from your trip? An example I will remember is that the French
had a saying “Impossible, is not a French word”, which was a piece of
information that Valerie our tour guide explained to us. Try to think of anything that sticks in your
mind. Explain the saying and the
reference.
So, Meghan
and I were walking along, right behind Franck and Christophe, when all of a
sudden, Franck puts on a baseball cap. It didn’t have any baseball logos, but it
is still a ball cap. I could tell that he and Christophe were laughing about it
but no specifics. When we stopped, I asked him, “Do the French play baseball?”
He replied, “Absolutely not.” Not sure why, but I will always remember that.
This is me and our guide Franck. He was very smart and I appreciated when he took us to the lesser known parts of Paris and told us little known facts.
No comments:
Post a Comment