day 25!?

Wowowowowowow
So much to say and so little time
Just got to Munich from the Swiss Alps (both hotels do not have internet). Amazing.
I would love to chach you all up but I'm eating the best salad of my life AND I have to work on history.
No worries I'll write a nice long blog soooooon enough.
OXOXOX
kate

Day 19 - half way!

Strasbourg is so lovely that I've been too busy to post! It is not like there is a lot to see, there is just lots of school work again. Today we have our trails to present and I still have lot of work to do. Organizing my ideas and such. But first- let me tell you about the past few days!

Strasbourg is a little French town, but it has been passes back and forth from France and Germany many times. Due to this fact, you can get sausage and a baguette on the same block. It also has an interesting mix of architecture that keeps things interesting and pretty.


Stasbourg's biggest thing is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame.

Stunning. The most gothic of gothic cathedrals there is! Last night we were lucky enough to catch the light show that they put on every night. The cathedral is lit up in all these differnt ways to classical music and sometimes even a choir. It was cool but really creepy at parts.



Crazyness.

As I said we've all been busy and such. Today though I had a quick moment to stop by a gift shop and pick up a little something I've been eyeing ever since we arrived here...

Beacause I do heart Strasbourg.

Mah. I should really try and work on this trial thingy. Oh procrastination, at least I got a blog in right? We leave tomorrow for the Swiss Alps! This is all going by so fast!
Love and miss you all tons!

xox Kate

ps. I'm sloooowwly getting better

pps. Here are 2 extra pictures which I like :)


Walking back from a lecture



For some reason there are alot of carousals in Strasbourg

Strasbourg is so lovely!

I've been here less then a day and I'm already in love with Strasbourg!



xoxo Kate

Monday... day 16!

Travel day! We're off to Strasbourg... and I don't think we get internet there so this might be goodbye for a short while. No worries though because as soon as I find a hot spot I'll let you know what's up!

Still sadly sick,

xoxo Kate

So?

No Versailles for me.

Saturday and some of Sunday

Well hello again everyone! I have some fun stuff to update you all on but first let's go over yesterday's day.

Saturday
Woke up and walked to the Louvre. Checked out Napoleon the 3rd' s apartments and the other classics ie...

her.
The little group I was walking around with all felt tired and in need of sustenance, so we decided to splurge at a cafe in the Lourvre! We had such delicious croissants and hot chocolate...

waiting...

Mike doesn't like waiting...

Yay!

Ready?

yum!

allllll done!

It was a day of art because after the Louvre we all headed over to the Pompidou/giant hamster cage of modern art:


There was some really awesome stuff there...and then some really weird stuff. Mostly awesome though!

And just when you think things can't get any more arty...
It just so happened that there was a Richard Avedon photography exhibit taking place in a gallery in the Tuileries gardens. I of course went, seeing that he is my fav photographer. I loved it. Simply brilliant and stunning. Amazing.

Remember how I mentioned that dinner swap thingy earlier? Well becuase my room cooked first, the boys roomed cooked dinner for us that night. I must say that I had my doubts but they pulled it off! They even set up the table on their terrace type thing.

I was impressed.

Sunday/Today!
Everyone is at Versailles today! They left early this morning to catch a train. And me? I woke up with my eye lid stuck shut.. pink eye (I'm so good looking right now). I'm also still sick so the teachers called in a doctor and he prescribed me 4 different things. I'm currently stuck in the hotel waiting to be told if I can go or not. But all is not lost! I can spend my time lazing around and watching things like this...


I'll keep you updated!

xo Kate

ps. I think it's cute that our rooms are all so close together!


pps. Sorry about being so photo happy

the update of the week!

Sorry that my blogging hasn't really been up to snuff lately. Paris is sooo busy!!! Mucho school work and projects etc. Tis crazy. Anywho here's a little update on my week thus far...

Monday

Bastille day! After our lectures in the morning, I walked around the Champs Elysee and went shopping! Being a holiday, it very busy and crowded but I managed to find a cute little black dress at a decent price. It pretty much is Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany's dress. I love it. Pictures soon!!! Dinner was a picnic in the Tuileries gardens with two other MEI groups, English Through the Ages and Trek 1! I spent the night chilling and catching up with Michael Brown and Patricio Gomez, both charming gentlemen. They have become amigos and they both told me of how they are loving their trip too. I'm pretty sure that our two trips will end up bumping into each other again soon. The night ended with fireworks. Yay!

Tuesday
Catacombs! Amazing and creepy but holy moley it was a long walk early in the morning! Planning for the gr 12 Extravaganza project in the afternoon. Preetttty much.

Wednesday
We went to see some pendulum thingy that one of our teachers couldn't shut up about. I didn't think it was that amazing but whatever. The res of the day was planning and prep for the Extravaganza and then that night was the performance. Oh yes I should tell you that this Extravaganze thingy was a production type show we had to organize, write, and put on for the teachers and gr 11s...in 2 days?! Well we pulled it off. it was called "Awake in a Dream" (I came up with the title) and we were all either good or bad fairies. Still confused? Ask me about it and I'll tell you about it in all its awsome ness. Did I mention that is was again at the Tuileries having a picnic? Yummy!

Thursday
Yesterday! We had our lectures outside the Palais Royal in the gardens, then went over to the Musee d'Orsay. Orsay is filled with artists I love- Monet, Van Gough, Degas and many more! After dinner that night we planned to go to the Louvre but to my dismay it was closed. Some of us opted for crepes and then headed back to the hotel for bed. This is the day I started to get sick.

Friday (today!)
I woke up feeling a little better as we walked to the Eiffel Tower this morning. We took some pictures, then took the elevator up to the 2nd level (3rd level was way to busy), and then took more pictures.
In the afternoon we went to go see Napoleon's tomb then the Rodin Museum, which is one of my favs! Rodin is that guy/brill sculptor who crafted this nifty piece of art...

look familiar? If not well it's called The Thinker and is just a peek at some of the emotional driven work that Rodin created. Plus there's a lovely garden with yummy sorbet as part of the gallery.
We had the rest of the day off until 8 (dinner time) to do whatever we wanted so me and a few other quickly dashed to get some laundry done. To put in plainly, a group of us have been meaning to do laundry since Monday... today is Friday. Yeah. All my clothes are done and clean now though so YAAAAAAY! Tonight and tomorrow we are doing a swap dinner so we cook one night for ourselves then someone else then tomorrow vise versa. Tonight we were drawn to cook dinner for the only 2 boys on our trip, and might I say I'm prettttty proud. Did I cook it? Sadly not. But still! Delicious! The appetizer was bread veggies and dip and then the mina course was cooked potatoes, beef with gravy, broccoli, and salad. Oh and dessert? WARM BROWNIES AND COOKIES AND NUTELLA FONDUE WITH FRUIT! I love life.
It is currently 11:11pm! Make a wish!
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But yes it is getting later, and I'm starting to feel not so great heath wise. I also have many readings to do. Ack!
Tomorrow the Louvre and Pompidou! So excited!
Goodnight everyone (well good morning or good afternoon depending on when you read this)
xoxo Kate

ps. pictures soon I promise!!!!