Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~Leonardo da Vinci Today was a lot of fun! I spent it mostly in museums. I went to the Eiffel Tower first, but the lines were WAY too long to try to climb it so we instead hopped on a metro and headed to the Fashion A La Mode (The Fashion Museum). Today was totally a day spent getting to know the metro, I took lines all over the town to all over the city. It ...

The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations. ~Eli Khamarov, Surviving on Planet Reebok So today didn't get off quite to the right start... I overslept and missed my train to Avignon so I was left totally unprepared for a day in Paris... I was proud of myself because I didn't really dwell for too long or beat myself up as bad as I usually do, I just found someone to go out with and away we went to explore! We headed to the Museu...

"And the choices you made for yourself in life were real because they were made in the presence of death." - Sartre It's really been amazing how much this trip has really made me understand France's resistance to war and violence. France didn't just lose their people, they were completely conquered. Their government betrayed them, became socialist and worked with the Nazis. The people were betrayed from within by their own people. Jewish citizens, fre...

I think you enjoy the game more if you don't know the rules. Anyway you're on the same wavelength as the referees. ~Jonathan Davies, 1995 So today was very interesting! I went to class and relaxed, eating lunch and my room and reading in the afternoon and then our class was held outside since it was such a beautiful day and we were discussing man in his natural state. Then... I went and played in a Petanque tournament! Basic summary of Petanque. Simple summa...

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. ~Albert Camus So today was the field trip to Montmarte, the Red Light District and one of the most artistic areas of Paris. We visited the Moulin Rouge and then explored around the artist alleys, watching people out painting in the streets, selling their paintings and offering to paint portraits. It was almost like stepping back in time. It's like nothing you would really see back home. The scene was so sere...