started at hôtel de ville, then walked to Notre Dame |
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Madeleines
Monday, December 26, 2011
Out with A Friend: Katie
emerging from the métro for a spot of tea at Mariage Frères |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Montmartre Adventure
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Metro: Abbesses
from wikipedia:
"Abbesses (French pronunciation: [abɛs], literally Abbesses) is a station on Paris Métro Line 12, in the Montmartre district and the 18th arrondissement. Abbesses is one of the few deep stations of Paris métro, at 36 metres (118 feet)[1] below ground, as it is located on western side of the butte (hill) of Montmartre. Access to the platforms is usually by elevators, but they can be accessed by decorated stairs."
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Fish Pedicure
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Have you made a new year's resolution?
If it happened to be to "try new things",
I highly recommend a fish pedicure!!
I bought it through groupon
(which I normally don't support because
I do not believe that the business model
benefits smaller enterprises, but
a) I am in Paris
b) Paris is expensive
c) I am a student
d) with the euro-to-dollar rate, I have no guilt)
ANYWAY,
go try it! It was so fun and
definitely an experience.
I giggled non-stop for the first 30 seconds,
but after that it was great!
If you do not want to see pictures of feet, don't continue!!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Rest in Peace Buddy
bye bye rescue kitty, my first friend.
he was over 21 when he passed.
it still hasn't hit me.
it probably will when I go home and don't hear him
meowwwwl
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Galeries Lafayette
lunch, metro parmentier |
salad! fresh, local |
super decked out!! I actually kind of hate it there. TOO STRESSFUL |
the famous ceiling |
from the balcony/bridge |
opera! |
such cuties!! all in their art smocks :) |
Monday, December 19, 2011
Angelina
after all of that museum-ing,
I had to take a little break!!
so I waltzed over to Angelina! The famous teahouse with hot chocolate :) website here |
such a perfect experience after the fog and cold |
a croissant and their famous hot chocolate! |
with whipped cream? yesh please |
not outstanding, but not bad. The hot chocolate was good, but then again how could you mess up cream and chocolate?? |
In the end it was a little too crowded and tourist-y for me to make it one of my hot spots. love, alexandra |
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Louvre (encore x 2)
such a beautiful staircase! yes, it does look like a vagina though |
a door for staff only- everyone could see it through a glass window but you couldn't pass into the world behind it. It reminded me of a story I read about a museum curator in Paris that was basically begged to take a "disaster" off the louvre's hands- it had been in the basement in storage. It ended up being worth as much as $5 million! Here is the article |
another staircase |
arches |
shadow |
an exhibition in progress- still top secret!! |
view from the louvre |
my favorite little alcove |
another exhibition in process |
loving the contrast |
the more modern section with native american art and african and asian art. Not as much as the other wings, but a sizable amount. |
please excuse the myspace shot- have to keep it classy in Paris! I can't be taking pictures of myself in an obvious fashion!! |
a nice little resting area, a peaceful place in a sometimes stressful museum. |
love, alex
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Louvre (encore)
Friday, December 16, 2011
Cluny-La Sorbonne
early morning, just a I am about to turn the corner to go to class |
I am rarely early, but when I was, I found out that the doors don't open until about 10 minutes before class. until then, I just took pictures |
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Merry Christmas!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! as always, click on "read more" to see more pictures :) |
the advent calendar I decided not to buy (the box) |
can you see me? |
the maison du chocolat right by my house all dolled up |
even McDo gets into the swing of things! |
what it looked like after I had set it up |
I bought eiffel tower keychains as ornaments |
the tree in the building |
my christmas tree |
i love my sisters!! thank you for sending me a care package DG |
some pictures from my care package and holiday decorations |
sisters! |
in case you were wondering what the currency here looks like (and how I am buying all of this) |
these delicious chocolate-covered-candied-hazelnuts were supposed to be a gift. heh hehe. quality checking is a rather consuming job... |
I'll be looking out this window, wishing I was with you all! love (and miss you!), alex |
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