It appears that I may have been unclear as to the details of my visit, so I'll write them here. I'm in an intensive french course in a faculty-led program at a school in Annecy, France. I spent five (exhausting) days in Paris, and saw about a third of what there was to see. Pictures are coming, but I'm having some technical difficulties. I'll post them as soon as I can.
Alright, so you want to hear about Paris, now. Where to start? It reminded me a lot of Hong Kong, but more laid back (which doesn't help most of you). More specifically, tall buildings everywhere (by American standards--there weren't any taller than 5 stories) with artistic stone faces; no concrete. There was a lot of green, provided by small, random parks and occasional big ones, like the Luxembourg. The gardens were well cared for, and many of them were placed next to interesting things, such as museums or cathedrals (of varying size). That might have been that there are so many in Paris, however.
I can't even begin to describe everything I saw. Think of pretty much any big name in art or architecture from the middle ages to pre-1950's Europe and there's a 50-50 chance I saw it or something by them: Van Gogh, Rodin, Da Vinci, Boudin, Monet, Botecelli, Renoir, Degas, Picasso, Matisse, Poussin, Manet, Gaugin, the Eiffel Tower (though I didn't go up), Winged Victory, the code of Hamurabi, the statue of Venus, Napolean's tomb, Mona Lisa, Notre Dame, Sacre Couer, and Versaille and the Louvre, of course. Either one of those last ones could have been it's own day. Half of what I saw in the Louvre was passing by. No Michellangelo, though.
Should I post my visit in chronological order, or does it matter?
I think you can tell us about anything in whatever order you want, bro. We're all intensely jealous that you're there and we're not.
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