#cluny baths

[lauroe1964]

Meet my girlfriend

hi girls,

So you might be thinking “Lauren, you have found the love of your life already? Aren’t you going a little fast?” And yeah, our relationship has gone fast, but love is love, and that’s the tea, sis

We first met in the NYU lobby. She was gazing right at me. I smiled and went up to her. The rest of history...

She is so sweet and makes my heart flutter. She never disappoints and is always supportive.

Everyone, please meet the love of my life, my partner, my girlfriend, the 50 cent espresso machine.

And just because I have met my future wife, doesn’t mean that I am a changed woman. I still turn metal incapacitated whenever the lady at the boulangerie asks me “ça tout?” (“That’s all?”) after I order my baguette. Just today I tried to ask someone “Where is the trashcan?” but accidentally asked “Where is the wallet?”  Why am I like this.  

Anyways I hope things are going well in the States. What you have been up to? How’s your internship? What’s your man’s up to? I’ve been learning my ABCs and looking at slabs of cement that have once been Roman baths. Pretty invigorating if you ask me.

Parle à vous prochain semaine!

-L  

[catinparisprague]

Thuuuuursday

Thursday class was all site visits, so we met for class at Notre dame (seriously it was really cool to say that I had class at Notre dame). We spent a long time walking around inside and outside and I could give you the most detailed tour you could ever ask for now. I had to write two pages of everything I knew about Notre dame on my midterm and I could have kept going to three pages if I wanted. By the time we were done I was kind of really sick of it but that was only temporary. From there we went to the Cluny baths, the remains of what were Roman baths back when Paris was a part of the Roman Empire and was called Lutetia (I'm glad it's not called that anymore...). I didn't even know Paris was a part of the Roman Empire much less that it had baths. It also has an amphitheater but I haven't gotten to see that yet. The baths back up to the Hôtel de Cluny, which is now a medieval art museum but used to be a place where monks from Cluny lived. After all that, my classmate Amanda and I went and are lunch next to Notre dame. I had an omelette—favorite thing about Paris so far is that omelettes are acceptable for every meal. It's awesome. Our friends from other classes came and met us there and we all climbed the bell towers of Notre dame, which EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT IS SO COOL despite the fact that its a spiral staircase all the way up and I got pretty dizzy and thought I was going to fall and take everyone behind me down with me... After Notre Dame we went to the Sainte-Chapelle, a private chapel that Louis IX built to house the relics of the passion (including the crown of thorns which now lives at Notre Dame). It is one of the most incredible examples of Rayonnant gothic architecture, as the building is almost entirely glass. I had a total art history nerd geek moment but it is an incredible space. Also the ceiling on the bottom floor is blue with gold fleur de lis so go kappa