This is Jessi (ma camarade de chambre) and me at a castle in the Loire Valley two weekends ago. The castle was beautiful, but I was terribly sick. But check it out, the castle even has a MOAT.
This is Jessi and me again... Last weekend at Versailles in a fountain-surrounded arena in the gardens.
This is the garden in the courtyard of the apartment where I live. Jealous? When we asked Madame if most French apartments have gardens like this, she replied, "Oh, non, non, nous avons de la chance!" (No, we are just very lucky!) To get to this garden, we have to take the main spiral staircase all the way down past entry level to the bottom back door. And this is the epitome of Frenchness: The door to the garden has an automatic lock, BUT NO ONE HAS A KEY OR KNOWS THE CODE. No one. Not even the gardienne of the apartment (like a doorman who lives in) knows it. So when you go to the garden, in order to not get locked in the courtyard two floors below where anyone lives, they leave a large stick next to the door, and you have to make sure you put the stick in the door so it doesn't close while you are out there.
The gardens of Luxembourg, with the Senat in the background. My favorite place to go read, write letters, and eat gaufres au chantilly (waffles with whipped cream).
Hands down my favorite site in Paris thus far. Fontaine des Medicis in the gardens of Luxembourg, built 300 or 400 years ago. AMAZING.
This is Rachel (ma meilleure amie de lycee) and me on the Pont des Arts in front of the Assemblies Nationales last week.
More to come soon!
~Blair
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