On Tuesday and Wednesday (26 and 27 of June), we had rather light walks. For the sake of catching up to the present, I'm going to blog about both of these walks in one entry.
For Tuesday's walk, we started out at Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis Church near the Jewish Quarters of Paris. The outside was under construction. So we didn't get to see what that looked liked, which was a bummer. Luckily, the inside was beautiful. When I look at these pictures, I realize how little justice they actually do for the church. All the of the churches we have seen are 100x better in person.
On Wednesday, we started our walk with another church, St. Germain L'Auxerrois. This was an amazing experience. It was right across the street from the Louvre. Also, while we were looking at the inside, a woman began to sing. She was only practicing, but it was absolutely beautiful.
I tried to get a video of it. I hope it works. It's a quiet video, so turn up your volume...
The main altar
The bell tower
After the church, we walked around the surrounding neighborhood:
This was a super cute little ally way. There were offices and small shops along the sides.
The Bank of France
The Colonnes de Buren at the Palais-Royal. It's an art exhibit by Daniel Buren. A few of us got on top and represented UCLA. GO BRUINS!!
We eventually made our way to the Louvre and got to see I.M. Pei's pyramid.
After the walk, Lara and I made a quick visit to the Arc de Triomphe. We walked down the Champs-Elysees. It was really weird because everyone was specking English. As a group, we tend to not go to touristy places, so I'm not use to hearing so many English speakers in one place! It definitely makes you aware of pickpockets...
Figures crossed that I can find time to blog again! Au revoir, mes amies!
This Week's Soundtrack:
Les Champs-Elysees - Joe Dassin
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