here comes the sun

the weather was UNBELIEVABLY beautiful today. the sun was out and gloomy winter was forgotten. i forced myself to get up early so i can study for my mid-term and have breakfast before my architecture walk. i can proudly say i followed my plan!
the meeting point for the walk was right outside luxembourg so i decided to go to "le rostand". i got a perfect seat under the shades and view of luxembourg. i was so glad it wasn't as busy as the last couple of times i was there. i read through my notes with a croissant and cafe creme. guess what? i caught my food on camera before eating it this time.

the architecture walk today was definitely one of the best. i actually learned a lot and miraculously remembered plenty of random details. this class is almost a training for tour guides. i have tons of historical background info of paris and stories of different King Louis in my head now....oh yeah, i can also analyze the architecture style and tell you the names of different little parts of the structure (thanks to my architecture dictionary).

central access of Palace de Luxembourg of Marie d'Medici

Church of Sorbonne- originally built by Richelieu
but the plaques with his name are all destroyed during revolution.

finally, Val de Grace- commissioned by Ann of Austria
dedicated to the birth of Louis XIV
the initials AL are shown everywhere, like in the last photo

im still amazed at the amount of history behind each and every one of the buildings. we started in medieval paris and now we're on to 17th century...the city has grew and expanded& the architectural styles have changed drastically and so much more. oh Paris...

just another day

Descartes is a crazy fool- that's all i have to say. i don't think i can ever understand his drive to make himself stupid first then spend days questioning everything. sorry, but living in the moment is so much better. still, i spent my night writing about his "meditations" yesterday (homework is still a part of my parisian life, bummer) and i'm still recovering from the emotional tiredness at this moment.
anyhow, apart from the lack of energy, i had a great day!! i got to my architecture walk on time, i finally went into the jardin de luxembourg, AND the sun came out again, hooray!! now, lets just hope it stays like this for the next couple of weeks. i also hung out at Le Rostand-a cafe that Francoise introduced to me last weekend. thats right, i met up with Francoise here in PAREE!! she was so excited to take me there but sadly, we ended up going to another cafe because it was packed. so after soaking up the sun in luxembourg garden today, i went back hoping there would be seats. the coffee and crepe were very satisfying indeed.

St-Gervais-St-Portais

Hotel de Beauvais
the most beautiful townhouse i've seen, Mozart stayed there when he was in paris- lucky guy
its now used as an OFFICE building, booo

St-Paul-St-Louis

jardin de luxembourg

my camera ran out of battery but its pretty much a given that i'll go back there very often in the future (when its sunny) and i'll take more photos then.

alright, i'm off to write postcards to all these people i miss very very much.