Blogging about adventures in Barcelona, London, Paris and Europe
Blogging about adventures in Barcelona, London, Paris and Europe
first posted on the Medill Global Blog
My honey and I went to Rome.
Here’s the Vatican City.
We went to Mass….here’s me looking holy….
St. Peter’s Basilica
One foot in Rome and one foot in the Vatican City….crossing the border…baby!
I think St. Peter has the most kissed foot in the Vatican City.
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…found this in Paris….Thank God we have some French people who have seen the light…
the first set of pix was posted on the medill global blog
The server asked: “….viande ou formage?”
Then he looks at my confused American face…and asks again: “Meat or cheese?”
Fondue was tasty.
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Mark said hitting all these “tourist” spots is like being on a Scavenger Hunt….that’s pretty close.
We managed to cram in more sightseeing in the past few days….
So far, my biggest thrill is from this tiny bookstore….according to one web description, you can see it from Norte Dame.
This is the site of Sylvia Beach’s bookstore. Ernest Hemmingway and other writers borrowed books from Beach in the 1920’s. Hemmingway writes about it in his book, A Movable Feast.
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I posted this on the Medill Global Journalism Blog
Many things to love about the Lourve….
It’s home to an amazing collection of art work and archelogical treasures. It’s easy get there by Metro (get off at Musee du Louvre and NOT Lourve-Rivoli). It’s also easy to buy tickets at the ticket vending machines. It’s like buying movie tickets at the vending machines of American movie theaters. I spent half my Saturday inside the museum and I know I only covered a fourth of the collection. I need to come back.
I did hit the world-famous art work – like the Mona Lisa.
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I filed a report from the 11th arrondissement….it’s on l’Op�ra Bastille…what do you think?
In addition to interviewing 19 people in my shoddy French, for this story….I also flagged down fifteen people for another survey:
“Si vous �tiez am�rican, pour qui votierez-vous: Kerry ou Bush?
I wonder how people from the other arrondissements responded.
We visited Normandy on Friday. The Tom Brokaw Foundation funded the trip.
It was one long bus ride….
Normandy is a province of France. The name comes from the Vikings – after they invaded. They were called “North Men” or “Nor Men.” Caen is the capital city.
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we live here….
located on this street…
just off Rue Sainte Martin…
il ne faut pas retournez de votre maisons, mais vous ne pouvez pas rester ici…
…people like to party on this street…we can hear them around 4:00 AM…
It’s a ten-fifteen minute walk from Norte Dame. Today, we attended the 11:00 Mass.
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