weekend #2

so this weekend was the one weekend that i didn't have anything planned. but i think i filled it pretty well. on friday i went to 3 museums! 3 in one day.

first was the Musée Rodin with my French class:

(still haven't figured out the rotating thing--its a mystery to me.)

then i went to the Musée Marmatton Monet for one of the Friday museum visits i signed up for. they had a fabulous exhibit of monet's work. lots of big water lilies. and i bought a great book there too.

then with Jackie, her friend Laurie, and Laurie's coworker Arnou, (he's french) i went to the Palais de Tokyo. its was a really modern art gallery. like, really modern. scary weird modern. but they had a great bookstore and i got another book!

on Saturday i went with Jackie and Laurie to the Magdelaine area. we did some shopping and walking around. it was a really nice day. then on sunday i did laundry and went to the Louvre with Jackie. we had planned on actually going into the Louvre. but we got a little caught up in the museum shops. needless to say, i got more books. one of which is a guide to the museum. so now i can plan out where i want to go. the Louvre is open late on Wednesdays and its free for students on Friday nights, so i'm going to try to go then.


this is Jackie and i in front of the Magdalaine church? i guess its a church. really small between our heads is the egyptian obelisk that's in the place du concorde, which is in between the louvre and the arc du triomphe. and yes, we indulged with starbucks. there aren't many over here ya know.

later on sunday we met up with Laurie and enjoyed a bottle of wine in the park. where we saw some cute guys goofing around in a fountain. then we went to Laurie's hotel room which has a stunning view of the eiffel tower and ate cheese and bread and watched the office.

this coming weekend is my trip to Giverny. i am so excited!!! but before i can really prepare for that i have a presentation to prepare with my partner Emma (she's from Tennessee) for my fashion class. we had to choose an item or an image and present it. we chose this image from the movie Funny Face:

so thats what i'm doing tonight and tomorrow night. we have to talk about what she's wearing (givenchy) and about her pose and of course about the dog (her own dog Mr. Famous). its kind of a neat project but its a bit of work to prepare a presentation.