Friends, Romans, Countrymen! So, finding internet has been harder than I thought since we started traveling. This is why I have unable to put up lots of my France pictures, but don't worry- as soon as I can, there will be many new photos for y'all to see. Saturday was a free day in Beaune. It was a time of great relaxation. In the morning, I went to a street market full of food/clothes/junk. Then I spent the rest of the day hanging out in my hotel room with Cri...

It's been a while since I've been able to post a new entry because we've been moving at lightning speed this week! Here's what we did: Monday we went to the Louvre. As a group we went to look at the medieval objects room, which is basically a bunch of ivory carvings, chalices, and reliquaries- stuff like that. Then we talked about some of the Netherlandish paintings because our professor, Dr. Mier, specializes in Northern art. Then she let us go off on our own t...

It's been an amazing couple of days in Paris. I feel like I've done so much already, but I know that this city is more massive than I can possibly imagine. Yesterday morning, we left Lincoln for the last time and took a bus to St. Pancras Station in London, where the Eurostar runs. We had to be there about 3 hours early to make sure that we would get on the train because they are still backed up from the fire in the tunnel last week. The waiting area was so full...

I can't believe it's finally time to leave on our Continent tour. This week seemed like it would never end- 3 papers, 3 exams, 0 fun. Once it was finally over, though, we all felt so relieved and excited that our work was finished for the rest of the semester. And while the next 5 weeks are going to be a non-stop whirlwind with barely enough time to catch our breath, we all can't wait. Even with the lack of sleep this week, I made sure to enjoy Oxford, which ha...

I had a jolly good time in London this weekend. On Friday, we went as a field trip. Our first stop was the National Gallery. Sally (one of our 2 Art History professors and the Dean of European Studies) talked to us for about an hour in the medieval gallery, where we looked at some altarpieces. Then we explored the Renaissance galleries on our own. They have a lot of great stuff there- some particularly beautiful Jan van Eyck's, Andrea Mantegna's, and Giovanni Bel...