French Food

Trip Start Jul 09, 2008
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Trip End Aug 22, 2008


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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

So, I finally have my train ticket sorted out. I have to spend 6 hours in London waiting for a train, but at least I have it booked and it won't entirely break the bank. All I have left to book for the rest of my trip (well, the big things) are the train from Amsterdam to Brussels and the hostel in Rome.

Last night I hung out with Thomas again and we checked out Paris Plage, where they turn the bank of the Seine into a beach for a little bit in the summer. We also had the best gelatto I've ever tasted.

Today I went to Musèe d'Orsay, where they have all the Impressionist paintings. It was really quite incredible. I got to see works by Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, and others. It was weird actually seeing things like Monet's Water Lilies and The Birth of Venus by Botticelli in-person. I have to say, though I loved the sculptures the most overall, my favourite piece was Starry Night by Van Gogh. Regardless of its reputation, it still stood out so much for me. I know I spent the longest amount of time with this piece, taking in the colours, the brushstrokes.

After that, I wandered around and ate in my first real Parisian cafè. Took me long enough, didn't it? I ordered this meal without any idea what it was and I can't even remember the name. It turned out to be this big piece of toast drenched in balsalmic vinegar with some sort of curdy, cheesy thing on top. I wasn't a huge fan and I definitely hope it is representative of French cuisine because I didn't exactly fall in love with it.

I think I'm going to relax for a bit, then go wandering in search of a crèpe later on tonight. It'll be a quiet night. Tomorrow I'm supposed to hang out with Thomas. Maybe I can convince him to do a picnic with me, as having some fresh-baked bread with some cheese and a bottle of wine in a park in Pairs is the last major thing I want to check off my list before I leave here.

-Justen
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folkgirl
folkgirl on Jul 23, 2008 at 04:39PM

Paint your palette blue and grey
The picnic sounds like a fantastic idea!!

That's awesome that you saw Starry Night! One of my favourite paintings of van Gogh's is Cafe Terrace at Night. I looked it up, and it's held in the Netherlands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_Terrace_at_Night

I bought a cheap VHS copy of a van Gogh movie a year or two ago. If you ever want to see a really bad (but hilarious) movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212537/

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