Day 51 - Among the Spirits

Today we had church at the Versailles chapel because it was stake conference. That means that during this study abroad, we have been to a different church every sunday. That's a lot of churches. We've been taught about the gospel in Greek, Italian, German (for FHE, not church), Dutch, French, and good old English.

Anyway, this Sunday was in English because it was broadcast from Salt Lake City. President Packer is hilarious! It was really awesome. We left pretty quickly afterwards so I saw Todd for about two seconds and I didn't see Miro or Carter at all. So much for saying goodbye to my friends. Oh well. After church, we walked through the market.

It was fun. They had tons of stuff. Then we went to a place to get macarons, which were delicious!

Then we did something that I've been wanting to do since I did the metro walk my first week in Paris: we rode line 14. Line 14 is the newest metro line and is therefore the most technologically advanced. This means it does not have a conductor so you can sit at the very front of the train and see straight into the tunnel as you speed forward. It was pretty awesome. Then we went to Père Lachaise. We got a map, looked for key people, wandered, and generally, had a really great time. The weather was really wonderful. We stuck around for a few hours.



I saw this cat last time I was here.





Strange last name.





Oscar Wilde is pretty darn popular.
And that's where we ended. After a stop at the Louvre for internet, we headed back to the hotel. We had delicious pizza for dinner then just chilled and got some things done. More tomorrow.

Comments

Emily Peterson said…
I'm glad you got to ride line 14! That's funny that you saw that same cat again!
August 12, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 21 - Class, Louvre, FHE

Class was good today. I had French 102 and Religion. Not bad. After that, I headed to the Louvre with Haley and Chelsea. I didn't bring my SLR with me because it wouldn't fit, so I took my point and shoot. Wow. What a difference. I knew I loved my SLR, but not I really love my SLR! I didn't take any good pictures, but I'll tell you that I did see Charles I Dismounted by Van Dyck. That was pretty exciting. I love to see paintings that I recognize. After we chilled at the Louvre for a while, we headed out (well, we lost Chelsea and found Richard) to the Ricks' place. We were a little early so we went to see the Eiffel Tower. We saw it all lit up. It was pretty awesome. Then off to the Ricks'. We played a charade-type game for FHE and it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed myself. And I was able to use their super fast internet to update my blog. So it all worked out well and it was a good night! PS Thanks to those of you who have been able to post comments. I reall...
Read more

"Cheating"

My Favorite Things #22/365 So I'm not that good at coming up with a favorite thing every day. However, by clicking on Post Options, I can change the date. So, I can make sure I do a post for every day, even if I don't exactly do it on that day :)
Read more

Day 54 - Dernier Jour

Image
Last day in Paris! I can't believe it. I'm sure gonna miss this place. Ali, Shamra, Mckell, Claire and I headed out to the city this morning. First stop was the Opera house. I finally got to see the inside this time! Beautiful. We had some fun :) Then we went to Berko's, the wonderful cheesecake place. It wasn't open and it was 11:35. We thought they wouldn't open until 12 but as we were sitting there waiting, they opened the doors! Yay! I got creme brulee cheesecake. Oh it was divine. This is one of the things I will miss most about Paris! Love it. Then Claire and I went to the Jewish museum. It was pretty interesting. I couldn't take many pictures. Then off to the Promenade Plantee. It was a really beautiful walk. I like this flower. It's weird. Then we walked back to the metro. It was quite a long walk so we were very tired! We went to the Louvre for a little internet time. Afterward, we went to Laudree to get a present for Greg and Martha. Then back to t...
Read more