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| talk about technology: it is possible to sit in the middle of a roman amphitheater, a place where gladiators battled, the oldest monument in Paris, and get WiFi. fo' free |
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| the cages for "exotic" animals |
Arab Cultural Institute:
The guide (who is also SUPER cool) also teaches my methodology course and will teach a course on "french cinema today" that I plan to take. He made a great remark about the building:
In response to the petroleum crisis, each country responded in their own way:
England increased trade with the Middle East, and the US supplied them with arms.
And what did France do?
Build a cultural center.
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| again, I was drawn to the angles and the light. I love searching for all of the mini triangles in this pic. It's kind of like that game in highlights magazine (did you get that as a kid?) that had a picture with tons of little pictures in it (a carrot, a paintbrush, scissors, switchblade, weapons of mass destruction...) |
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| the windows were modeled after cameras, I believe. but someone in my group pointed out that the hexagonal shapes could be a reference to France (because it is in the shape of a hexagon. sort of.) |
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| the inside. they close automatically with sun |
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| looking down |
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| the view from the tippy-top. you can go out onto the deck |
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| the view from the bitty (?)- bottom. apparently architects don't tend to care too much about the basement, but this one was special because he did. |
I know that these are quite brief, but I have so much to share and so little time!
Love,
alexandra
ps I am trying to get used to alexandra, because that is the name I am going by here. A little weird/sophisticated huh?
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