Paris and London
I decided to do a little account of our trip to Europe's two metropolises, Paris and London.
I travelled with my three senior high friends, and like I said earlier, we had a blast. We spent four days in Paris, after which K, A-M and I continued to London for four days while
lilium_mortagon stayed in Paris. We had rented an apartment from Interhome and it was superb and Louvre was almost literally next door. We arrived on Sunday morning, and the first thing lilium_mortagon and I did was to head to Musée Galliera to see the 1920s exhibition (there's a French video clip of the exhibition on this site). I loved the exhibition, and I so regret that I didn't buy the catalogue but the museum was closing for the day and they had already shut down the cash register. So I figured I have to think where to spend my money and that I could always come back later, but sine we had so much to do I simply forgot it.
Next day we went to see Notre-Dame. It always strikes me how beautiful it is in nature. I took loads of photos of the statues and reliefs, and after wandering there I left to see Musée national du Moyen Age aka Cluny. Of course my camera's battery died as soon as I stepped in, so I had to get back there on Wednesday. I have been there before, but it was still amazing. Later that day we went to Louvre, but since I still hadn't got the chance to charge the batteries, I don't have any photos from there. At that point, I must admit, I was reeeally tired and could't concentrate. I wandered to see Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa and som paintings by Rubens but there was just so much to see and I couldn't decide where to go that in the end I didn't see anyhthing I really wanted to see. In other words, I have a good reason to go back there some day.
Tuesday was a Disneyland day with K and A-M and perhaps one of the best days of my life. I'm a huge Disney fan and as a child I wanted nothing more that to some day get to Disneyland. We had a great time there, the Parade was great and so was the shops, it was like being in some sort of weird Disney reality and we just hoped that we could have stayed there. Here's a picture of us in Alice's Curious Labyrinth:
On our last day I visited Cluny again (and got some nice photos of ie. glass paintings, fabrics and embroideries) and went to see the tomb statues of French royalty in Basilica of St. Denis. For costume-wise it was maybe the highlight of my journey, since the statues were unbelievably incredible.
On Thursday we took the Eurostar train to London (very easy, btw.) Our day passed as we hunted musical tickets, and in the evening we went to see Wicked, my favourite musical ever. It was reat to see it again, and I actually liked the new cast better than the old one.
My friend J studies in Canterbury, and she came to London on Friday and we spent the day shopping and eating fish and chips. It was lovely to see her again and it was also great to hear she enjoys studying there. Friday's musical was The Lord of the Rings, and it was... err... interesting. They had clearly tried really hard to make it good, but most of the actors were quite horrible and they had some pretty weird ideas about elves (they dangled from the roof with some sort of ropes). I liked the music though.
Saturday's musical was Les Misérables and it was a whole another story. The cast was great, singing was great, props were great and everything was just perfect. Earlier that day I went to Museum of London, but sadly they had their lower floor closed, I could'n see anything younger than 16th century. It was okay though, since I went to see the medieval stuff, and they had on display one sleeve from the14th century (seen on the Textiles and Clothing). I just have to post the picture here:
On our last day we went to a Wicked day in Cardinal Place were they had costumes from the show on display, cast memebrs siging autographs and lots of free staff to be taken. We got one baloon and just had to write a little message on it before we unleashed it to the sky (except we forgot it in our hotel, but hopefully the staff understood what to do).
Yes, it was truly a wonderful trip.
I travelled with my three senior high friends, and like I said earlier, we had a blast. We spent four days in Paris, after which K, A-M and I continued to London for four days while
lilium_mortagon stayed in Paris. We had rented an apartment from Interhome and it was superb and Louvre was almost literally next door. We arrived on Sunday morning, and the first thing lilium_mortagon and I did was to head to Musée Galliera to see the 1920s exhibition (there's a French video clip of the exhibition on this site). I loved the exhibition, and I so regret that I didn't buy the catalogue but the museum was closing for the day and they had already shut down the cash register. So I figured I have to think where to spend my money and that I could always come back later, but sine we had so much to do I simply forgot it.
Next day we went to see Notre-Dame. It always strikes me how beautiful it is in nature. I took loads of photos of the statues and reliefs, and after wandering there I left to see Musée national du Moyen Age aka Cluny. Of course my camera's battery died as soon as I stepped in, so I had to get back there on Wednesday. I have been there before, but it was still amazing. Later that day we went to Louvre, but since I still hadn't got the chance to charge the batteries, I don't have any photos from there. At that point, I must admit, I was reeeally tired and could't concentrate. I wandered to see Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa and som paintings by Rubens but there was just so much to see and I couldn't decide where to go that in the end I didn't see anyhthing I really wanted to see. In other words, I have a good reason to go back there some day.
Tuesday was a Disneyland day with K and A-M and perhaps one of the best days of my life. I'm a huge Disney fan and as a child I wanted nothing more that to some day get to Disneyland. We had a great time there, the Parade was great and so was the shops, it was like being in some sort of weird Disney reality and we just hoped that we could have stayed there. Here's a picture of us in Alice's Curious Labyrinth:
On our last day I visited Cluny again (and got some nice photos of ie. glass paintings, fabrics and embroideries) and went to see the tomb statues of French royalty in Basilica of St. Denis. For costume-wise it was maybe the highlight of my journey, since the statues were unbelievably incredible.
On Thursday we took the Eurostar train to London (very easy, btw.) Our day passed as we hunted musical tickets, and in the evening we went to see Wicked, my favourite musical ever. It was reat to see it again, and I actually liked the new cast better than the old one.
My friend J studies in Canterbury, and she came to London on Friday and we spent the day shopping and eating fish and chips. It was lovely to see her again and it was also great to hear she enjoys studying there. Friday's musical was The Lord of the Rings, and it was... err... interesting. They had clearly tried really hard to make it good, but most of the actors were quite horrible and they had some pretty weird ideas about elves (they dangled from the roof with some sort of ropes). I liked the music though.
Saturday's musical was Les Misérables and it was a whole another story. The cast was great, singing was great, props were great and everything was just perfect. Earlier that day I went to Museum of London, but sadly they had their lower floor closed, I could'n see anything younger than 16th century. It was okay though, since I went to see the medieval stuff, and they had on display one sleeve from the14th century (seen on the Textiles and Clothing). I just have to post the picture here:
On our last day we went to a Wicked day in Cardinal Place were they had costumes from the show on display, cast memebrs siging autographs and lots of free staff to be taken. We got one baloon and just had to write a little message on it before we unleashed it to the sky (except we forgot it in our hotel, but hopefully the staff understood what to do).
Yes, it was truly a wonderful trip.