~Mark Twain

On the Tuesday of our Parisian adventures, Emily, Kathryn and I headed to Versailles, the grandiose palace once inhabited by flamboyant French royalty, such as Louis XVI and his Austrian wife, Marie Antoinette. The palace was excessively extravagant, which made it very fun to wander around!

Above: One wing of Versailles.
Below: Golden Gates of Versailles.


The halls of Versailles.




Emily, Kathryn and I imitating the art.

In Marie Antoinette's Gardens at Versailles.

Our day at Versailles was amazing, although very chilly, and I am so glad I got to go! The next day we went to the Louvre, and sorry if I offend an art lovers out there, but the Mona Lisa = LAME. Seriously small and overrated, if you wanted my opinion. But the rest of the Louvre was awesome, and the building itself is a work of art!

Above: The Pyramid of the Louvre!
Below: The front of the Louvre.



My favorite statue, he looks mischievous.

Then on Thursday it was time to go home to London, and as fun as Paris was, we were all happy to return. On a side note, I saw a sign the other day urging the people of London to conserve water "Because it's all that stands between us and the French." Sums the way the French and the English feel about each other quite eloquently.

~Humphrey Davy

Bonjour!
I am back from Spring Break in Paris! We left very early last Friday morning, and got back to London late last night. The week was a wonderful vacation, but I definitely like London better!

Kathryn and Emily, on our little street in Paris.


Lost and confused, we wandered off the street into a Starbucks.
A Starbucks where they seemed confused by the fact that lattes had coffee in them.


High Paris Fashion?


Sitting by the Seine, Looking at the Eiffel Tower.


Then we went and sat on the grass in front of the Eiffel Tower and had a picnic.
Baguettes, Cheese, and French Gummy Bears. Yum!
(It was great until some guy tried to steal our granola bars, but Emily chased him down!)



The Saint Michel


The Notre Dame!


Rose Window!

The only scars modern central Paris hold from WWII, where drunken Parisians attempted to kill Nazi officials through the window.

The first few days in Paris were AMAZING! I will update with more later from France, au revoir!

~Henry David Thoreau


We went to the Winston Churchill Museum today, he was a pretty interesting man.

Vote for Churchill!

The Best Part of the Museum, a little Panda!
Then we walked through Trafalgar Square in the Sunshine. 62 degrees!!

We leave for Paris on Friday, so soon I will have lots of new pictures! Love you and miss you all!

~Charles Dickens

On Wednesday we took a class trip the Imperial War Museum, which was really interesting. It was about the period leading up to the First World War, all the way through a little bit after World War II. Some of the exhibits were really interesting, little the interactive Trench Experience, and experiencing the Blitz.

In the Trenches.

Planes, Tanks and... art? Oh my!

On Friday it was supposed to be really nice, but it wasn't. Foggy and overcast. Emily, Kathryn, and I went to Trafalgar Square for a while, and to the National Gallery.

The National Gallery


The Fountain and Lion in Trafalgar Square.

~ George Bernard Shaw


A British girl actually asked me in the bathroom the other day why I had to chosen to come to England, since it rained all the time and everyone was stuck up! I laughed and said Washington State was rainy too, and so far everyone had been really nice. Then she called me an American freak, laughed, and asked where else I was going. I told her Ireland, and she ensured me it would be fun. It was a rather odd interchange.

Joe and I playing dress up in a museum. This why I double majored in history. :)
(The little jacket I am wearing had approximately a million buttons by the way!)

It seemed like it was time for a little catch up, so without further ado, pictures from Greenwich!

Pretty pretty Greenwich. The big white building is the National Maritime Museum.

Above: Chilling at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Below: View from the Royal Observatory.

The Royal Observatory!

Above: Ummm... ya that's the Prime Meridian of the World.
Below: Playing on the Prime Meridian.
Who said longitude couldn't be fun?

Just thought all the kiddos is Mrs. Huddle's class better remember in some parts of the world, kids still wear uniforms everyday to school!
Better behave or my Mum will make you wear a suit jacket, sweater vest, and tie!