Paris Blues and Marie Antoinette

I named my blog after a favorite movie of mine called "Paris Blues" made in 1961. Here are some clips of the movie if you're interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=VSePVUz_Et0&gl=US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIHLJbttzGs&feature=related

I also am a little obsessed with the French Queen Marie Antoinette, her life, and the time period in general...thus the link name for my blog. Here's some information about her:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette

Champagne in Champagne!

Last weekend, my program took us to Reims-Champagne, a small town about an hour and a half outside of Paris. The first thing we did was take a tour of Mumm's champagne. It was nice, but I wasn't feeling well that morning so I don't have any pictures of the actual tour or of me. We sampled champagne and now I know which wines and champagnes accompany certian foods. I Afterwards we had lunch and headed to the town cathedral. The cathedral is gorgeous and extremely old. All of the french kings were coronated here. Enjoy the pictures!

One archway of the Cathedral




















The main stained glass window. It tells the story of Mary



















The back of the cathedral














States of apostles in the facade




















Gabrielle and other archangels












One of the many doors in the front of the cathedral















A beintot!

-Jannae

I'm back! With pictures!!!

Hello all,




I'm finally back! After two long weeks of being away, I'm finally back to post and put up some pictures. Last weekend I went to Amsterdadm (The picture on the left is of Amsterdam) with my friend Raha and hand AN AMAZING TIME! The people were very friendly and the sevice everywhere was great. Everyone was willing to give us advice and we found our way around easily. Some of the things we did included:

1. Go to a jazz club
2. Went to a comedy club called "Boom Chicago"...hillarious and only 20 euro
3. Went to the Van Gogh museum. They had the "Night" exhibit up so we got to see Stary Night.

4. Went on boat tours
5. I gambled for the first time....never again. I hate loosing money. Even if it was only 5 euro.
6. Went to the sex museum...I don't recomend it.
7. Went to the red light district
8. Went to a few cafes
9. Went to the famous pancake factory...AMAZING
10. Went to Rembrandt's house



Here are some pictures of my trip in Amsterdam:

Rembrandt's house


















The jazz club















Me playing hop scotch...fun
























The Van Gogh Museum














Me (kinda far) and the iamsterdam sign















I have more pics to post of my recent trip to Champagne but that will be up later. Right now, I have alot of studying to do.


Bye!

Jannae