La Sorbonne Paris

Llegamos a Paris de tarde, tipo noche. Salimos del aeropuerto y tomamos el metro...ya teníamos algo de experiencia en eso, ya que cuando partimos el viaje pasamos unas horas en Paris. Entonces, compramos el boleto de metro, le dijimos a la niña del counter donde íbamos, nos explicó y listo....eso si, nos advirtió del peligro del metro a la noche... …

It was a very busy day for us, today. In the morning, we met up with Jamie, Josh's friend from college. They met when he was studying in Manteo. She is finishing up her last year at Carolina this year and studied abroad in Paris this semester.

We had to ride the metro to go meet her and when we got off we saw a long line of people waiting …

Wow, Paris! You have surprised and delighted us on our return to you, from the first moments we arrived and parked in the underground garage near the apartment we are renting. We were definitely frazzled and a bit discombobulated, but the clerk at the parking garage offered us the use of his phone to call our rental agent. No dealing with payphones …

We slept late today - the past two days have taken its toll on us. Versailles was first on our list today and being some distance outside Paris, we didn't plan on doing too much else.

The journey there took longer than expected, mostly because the RER line we planned on taking was closed for maintenance. This meant we had to take an …

I absolutely love keeping busy. By doing lots of different things and always having things to finish, see or do, is what I love best. Over the past few days here in Paris, I have done just that.  I've also decided that kids programs are they best! I'm back watching Dora the Explorer, Play School and Banana's in Pj's. Not because I really care …

Entry containing 13 photos titled: Centre Pompidou, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery , La Sorbonne, Latin Quarter (Quartier Latin), River Seine Cruise, St-Eustache, Fountain of the Innocents, Pantheon, Foucault Pendulum

I stand inside, the air is calm,

And from afar at times there reaches

My ear the echo of a psalm."

[Boris Pasternak
 When It Clears Up]

Where do I start?

This was a very full day, and in a way really acquainted us with guided touring. We walked, and walked, and walked, and then walked some more. …

... up faster. So now it's 12am and we head back to the metro to attempt and meet up with some people at Notre Dame, which is near La Sorbonne, the college. Meeting up with a few others didn't work out so we jsut went out on our own. And as I said before, ...

...  area - very convenient and close to lots of cafes, restaurants, and markets.  We had dinner outside at Place De La Sorbonne where there are several cafes, did a lot of people watching, came back, and were fast asleep by 9 pm. We ...

... experience so I'm not complaining at all.  Yesterday we all ventured outside in the cold weather to visit a French University called, La Sorbonne. Not far from home and could possibly offer me a place in one of their French courses. It was like ...

... . Even with the bus, we did a fair amount of walking.  Oh, for a hot tub. We ate dinner at a delightful cafe, again in the Place de la Sorbonne. Lots of locals. We watched, with interest, as the patron next to us ate a serving of steak tar tar. ...

... de encontrara un baño muy...muy limpio, fuimos a ver lo que había alrededor de los jardines, siendo que estaba La Sorbonne!!!!...la famosa universidad...estaba al lado del los parques, a si que nos fuimos verla por fuera...luego caminamos hacia el ...

... getting drinks with some of Kate's friends from her program. The next day we did the Eiffel Tower, Luxomberg Gardens, Pantheon, and La Sorbonne. All in all an absolutely incredible weekend. Top 10 things I love about Paris: 1. The food- I seriously ...

We spent a month (August 2008) taking some French lessons in La Sorbonne and trying to live like a Parisian... but that was impossible because what a Parisian does in August is to go on Holidays out of Paris! Anyway, it was a great ...

... of famous dead people entombed there - Hugo, Braille, Alexandre Dumas, Emile Zola and lots of soldiers from French history) * La Sorbonne (the university, for those intellectuals amongst us) * Trocadero Gardens & Monument (great place to view the ...

Entry containing 13 photos titled: Centre Pompidou, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery , La Sorbonne, Latin Quarter (Quartier Latin), River Seine Cruise, St-Eustache, Fountain of the Innocents, Pantheon, Foucault Pendulum

The weather was a bit warmer today but still grey and overcast.  After breakfast at one of the local cafes, we visited the Pantheon and the Cluny Museum of the Middle Ages.  This is the home of the legendary 'Lady and the Unicorn' tapestries. ...