european holiday part one
*** I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. THIS WILL TAKE A YEAR OR SO TO LOAD. MAKE A SANDWICH. KICK YOUR FEET UP. IT WILL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE ***
this is what it looks like when classy ladies have to board a train to paris at 9:00am.
jackie's flat had no clean cups left whatsoever, so we had to drink the extremely strong bloody marys from soup bowls. i was drunk for half the train ride to paris. i was late boarding my train... and i didn't even care! thanks alcohol.
the first thing i yelled when we got there was "I WANT TO SEE THE EIFFEL TOWER"
paris is chock-full of carousels, for some reason.
crepe de frommage (cheese not the groping thing).
tour d'eiffel from la concorde
our extremely small hostel room, which we shared with two brazilian male models. it was so awkward.
stay safe, metro-goers!
cara waits for the train at felix faure.
i risked parisian ostracization and uncoolness points for taking this photo in the metro. but it was worth it, kind of, because i get to show you the glory that is the paris metro.
the backside of the centre pompidou. the pipes are as follows: blue - air, green - water, yellow - electricity, red - people. i mean elevators.
little works of fountain magic next to the centre pompidou.
front.
french couples have no shame. they grope each other in public and no one cares, therefore i do not care either. grope on, garcon!
clearly delineated up and down escalators. (is it just me or does that lady look like emily haines?)
view from the top of the pompidou centre - you can see all the way to sacre couer (on the right)
my future home. yes i will have ALL the houses.
art nouveau metro stop
facade of notre dame
the very center of paris - i like to think of it as "WHERE IT ALL BEGAN..."
more last judgement portals
votive candles galore
only 2 euro AKA $86 american dollars
amazing rose windows
you can't tell from the picture, but the ceiling is dark blue with metallic gold painted stars.
notre dame
can anyone spot the clerestory?
pigeons outside notre dame. one left his pigeon juice on my foot. i know he loved me but i was not happy.
cara amongst her bretheren
ste. chappelle
with windows more amazing than notre dame
another rose window with some awestruck tourists thrown in there
the seine
this food taunted us on the way to the latin quarter
the tallest, skinniest apartment building in paris
just a cool picture of a parisian street near sunset
good lord
shakespeare and co. book store
wall to ceiling books
cara enriches her mind
random cat #1
self-portrait
cara finds her twin in paris
tiffanie says that they sell these lights at the art center but they're REALLY expensive. meaning they cost like 5 euros.
guess where we went that night? good advertising pays off.
i found WALDO on the way to the metro stop. except he's called charlie in france? whatever, i don't care cause i found him.
palais de tokyo
ticket cart
i was tempted to climb through the hole but i wasn't sure how the art snobs would take it.
he was cute.
what a splendid place to rest your derriere.
oh yeah. lionel and i are BFF. i bought him and he's laying next to me on the bed. right. as. we. speak.
cute french cafe near pere lachaise
the offering
french french onion soup
french french fries
french food baby
pere lachaise, on the way to find jim morrison's grave
the inside of the cemetary was like a maze. i wanted to find some other graves too (ingres, chopin, etc.) but we gave up.
it was quite beautiful and tranquil. not as creepy as imagined.
random cat #2
random cat #3
a street somewhere outside pere lachaise
back home to rue de commerce and the two brazilian models...