Snow!

It snowed so much here on Wednesday! I've been hoping it would snow before I leave so I was totally into it, but it definitely caused some complications... the buses weren't running and the airport was shut down for a while. Luckily I was neither bussing or flying anywhere! And my Canadian-ness finally paid off - navigating through snow is second nature for me, but the Parisians definitely lost some of their composure.

It was cold enough that I didn't venture too far away from my apartment, so I ended up at the Pantheon. The crypt was actually amazing, and seeing Rousseau and Voltaire definitely stirred up some sentiment for my days in undergrad studying political theory. Foucault's pendulum was also pretty incredible - it's kind of mesmerizing to just watch the ball go back and forth and change angles.

Here are some pictures from the snowfall and the Pantheon, and a few of yesterday's amazing sunset from the Tuileries...








From my apartment...

Door Details

Just as a random, and probably unnecessary, supplement to my last post - I fell in love with some doors/shutters at Versailles. I wasted what was left of my camera battery and took a million pictures of really pretty painted and carved flowers. Kait had to come back because I took so long and found me crouched around a random window, which seemed to be the only one with this type of treatment - I'm more than certain people thought I lost my mind. But check it out, I'm in love with them...

The last week...

Sorry! I've been a total blog slacker... I'm going to blame it on the weather - It's so gray and snowy and cold. I really don't feel like doing much of anything besides reading and drinking tea. And Kait was here, so she was pretty distracting (in the best possible way, of course!)

I will fully admit to having the memory of a goldfish, so the writing of this post will not be that lengthy, but there are plenty of photos! Except my camera took a tumble at the concert and hasn't quite regained its full function - We got this shot before that though.



The rest of the night was super fun and a lot more crazy than my usual days of museum-going and pastry-eating. Its kind of nice to party once in a while - I usually feel a lot older than my 23 years, so its a good reminder I've got some of my youth left. I think that same day we went to Pompidou... I'm not a huge contemporary art fan but I'm glad I finally went. Mostly just because the escalator was so cool and there's a really good view from the top floor.







Afterwards we just walked around. I found a store with my name but unfortunate spelling, and there's also a pastry named after Caroline, my brother's girlfriend (spelled correctly!)







We went to Versailles and it was seriously magical. The palace itself was cool to see but walking around the gardens was just incredible. It was pretty much freezing but the light was amazing. There was a little bit of snow on the ground and hardly anybody was there. It felt like we were in our own fantasy land. We went to the Grand and Petit Trianon, but the best was the little faux-village that Marie Antoinette had built. There were little bridges and swans and a sunset... it was one the most beautiful things I've ever seen and a total highlight of my entire experience here.



It was soooo cold...






This is for my friend Angelica because she likes to weave, I'm pretty sure this is her dream spot...