Went walking again today. Took the train to the chatelet stop like i did before and i tried to follow the signs to centre pompidou... that was unsuccessful. i somehow ended up lost in a very large mall (forum des Halles) which doesn't sound nearly as nice as it should!!! i did take a little shopping break in h&m bc it reminded me of home. and i needed a coin purse, which i didn't find, but bought a cute coat instead. once i finally made it out (merci mon dieu!!) i made it back to the bridge i had crossed the day before. i decided to walk down the rive droit today, just to try something different.
*loved this side of the river bc of all the cute flower and pet shops. like walking in a whimsical, overgrown garden in the middle of the street!*
turns out if you just keep walking down the right bank, you run right in to the louvre! who knew? (i have yet to figure out where anything is, or where i am most of the time.) this is my arty b&w shot of one of the outer buildings.
this is my pensive, moody pic. i was having all sorts of philosophical and artistic thoughts whilst sitting in that plaza. can't you tell???
this little bebe was just the cutest thing ever. playing with a ball and grand-mere and giggling. so sweet. i wish the louvre were my playground...
had to put this shot in. it was a nice day, just a lil cloudy. perfect for photos. this is looking out towards the gardens.
this is proof that i was there and i didn't just borrow someone else's photos. it is kinda hard to take tourist pix when you are touring by yourself!!! makes for some interesting compositions though...
this is a statue in the gardens in front of the louvre. i just liked it bc of the bird perched atop. :)
richard serra sculpture at front gates. i was so impressed with myself that i remembered something from art school!!! i mean, there is not really anything else like serra, so it should be easy to remember, but still. impressive, i think.
*for colleen* my early dinner that i purchased just outside. yep i put ketchup on my french hot dog. and some dijon moutard! i put a lil too much of that on though... whoa spicy. it was delicious. i remember when i came with my fam when i was younger and my bro and i were not impressed with french hot dogs, but this was delish. i also had an "italian ice" that was really a cherry slushie.
this was my view from where i sat on a wall out side the louvre garden to eat my supper. not bad eh?
then i walked across a bridge and look what i saw!!! it's a HYBRID!!! awesome!!!
(yes, i am a big green hippie nerd)
then i crossed back over on the prettiest bridge ever, pont Alexandre III. i mean, it was pretty cool, for a bridge. i wish all lamp posts looked like this...
this is just a cool "the sun shines bright on paris" kind of pic that i took while crossing the bridge. and the cute lil smart car.
um, i forget what building this was... le petit palais? or it was across the street from the petit palais, yes. idk. i just thought it was a cool building. i think we should have built cooler building in america...
l'arc de triomphe and the champs elysees. pretty cool if you have a ton of loot to spend...
like here, which will be my new mecca once i marry my hott, rich, french husband...
not that h&m isn't totally awesome. oh and zara has this GORGEOUS coat that i want SOOO bad, but i resisted. it's 100 euro! but it is amazing...
this girl was tres chic. very simple, but she looked awesome. and i like the composition of this pic... have to throw in some art school jargon...
moi avec l'arc du triomphe. it was too big to fit in... that is the very asian hello kitty headband i bought at h&m. (they have tons of hello kitty stuff there!!! so weird but awesome!)
then i think i walked down the dodgier side of champs, just lookin at all the motorbike stores *want one!* until i found a metro station. on my way home, i stopped at a proper supermarche' instead of the mini-mart of my first night and got a few more things. it's funny though, how small the stores are. like, the whole store could fit into the cheese section at marsh or jewel... seriously...
um, that may not be all, but the end.
***oh mum, i did the dishes today! :-p
