October 14
Today it was cold and very rainy in Paris. We went to Luxembourg gardens for about an hour this morning but it we got really wet and came home.
I took a tour or Invalides last week and we mostly talked about Napolean Bonaparte. This was my favorite tour because there are a lot of weapons and army strategies there.
I still have a couple of questions about Bonaparte that I will try to answer later:
1. Was there a Napolean III?
2. Who killed Napolean? They thought he had cancer when he died but when they opened up his body, they didn't see any evidence of cancer. They had thought it was cancer because he was always clutching his stomach and complaining of stomach pain. About 20% of people believe he died of cancer. 80% believe he was poisened over time. He had a lot of enemies.
3. Where did Napolean die?
4. How many brothers did Napolean have?
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Yesterday we went Pont Des Arts, or as I call it, the "Lock Bridge". There are a lot of gold locks that are attached to the wire side of the bridge. When you look at the bridge, it looks like pure gold. Whe you get closer you can see silver and gold locks. There must thousands of locks attached. Some are really big. I put a lock on the bridge with JT. We put our names on our locks. We want to go back someday and try to find our locks.
On Sunday we walked to Notre Dame and lit candles for my god mother, Jan Jan. When we were lighting the candles I thought of her and how much fun we had at her blueberry parties eating tacos and cookies. After Notre Dame we walked to Luxembourg gardens and played. That is my favorite playground. The best activities are there. The carousel is different because it is FUN! They have brass rings that you can try to pull off with a stick as you go around. The carousel is over 100 years old. It was built by Charles Garnier who also designed the Paris Opera House.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Day four in Paris.
To start the day my family and I had croissants. Then me and my friends went to the Louvre to look at artwork. We were there for about 3 hours. We looked at about 50 statues and paintings. One statue in particular was Nike, the goddess of victory. She had no head arms or legs, but she did have wings. She looked like an angel with wings. She was kind of grayish in color and she is about 3 by 4 meters in width and height. One of the paintings I saw was massive. It's about the size of a room in height and width. The story behind this painting is that Napoleon stole many painting from Italy during his many wars with them. When he and Italy were at peace and they had a treaty that said Napoleon had to give some of the many paintings back to Italy. But, when they came across the enormous painting "-------" It was so huge that when it came to returning that painting Italy said forget it. It's to big to fit into our ship and so it's still here in Paris.
Then we went to the Tuillerie gardens were we had lunch and played in the gardens. We went back home and said good bye to our friends Josh and Chloe because they were leaving Paris. It was nice having them here.
To start the day my family and I had croissants. Then me and my friends went to the Louvre to look at artwork. We were there for about 3 hours. We looked at about 50 statues and paintings. One statue in particular was Nike, the goddess of victory. She had no head arms or legs, but she did have wings. She looked like an angel with wings. She was kind of grayish in color and she is about 3 by 4 meters in width and height. One of the paintings I saw was massive. It's about the size of a room in height and width. The story behind this painting is that Napoleon stole many painting from Italy during his many wars with them. When he and Italy were at peace and they had a treaty that said Napoleon had to give some of the many paintings back to Italy. But, when they came across the enormous painting "-------" It was so huge that when it came to returning that painting Italy said forget it. It's to big to fit into our ship and so it's still here in Paris.
Then we went to the Tuillerie gardens were we had lunch and played in the gardens. We went back home and said good bye to our friends Josh and Chloe because they were leaving Paris. It was nice having them here.
Day Three in Paris
We started off with French class in the morning. We learned basic French, numbers and how to introduce ourselves. Then we had another Paris tour with our guide Cedric on foot. Our first stop was the museum of ruins, the Roman baths. Nowadays there are only boulder sized rocks and a staircase that leads down to the bathing rooms. They bathed in 60-80 degrees water temperature and could choose which bath and temperature they wanted. They would then dip into a cool bath for about one minute. This was something the Romans would do everyday. After learning about the Roman baths we walked about a mile into the Collesuim and entered in through the gladiator entrance. We went into the lion cage and lifted up the wooden bars. We talked about gladiator stuff and I learned that people fought people. We then went to the very top where the seating for the events took place. Now there are only one tenth of the seats left today. We then met up with everyone at Luxemburg gardens and then headed home for dinner.
We started off with French class in the morning. We learned basic French, numbers and how to introduce ourselves. Then we had another Paris tour with our guide Cedric on foot. Our first stop was the museum of ruins, the Roman baths. Nowadays there are only boulder sized rocks and a staircase that leads down to the bathing rooms. They bathed in 60-80 degrees water temperature and could choose which bath and temperature they wanted. They would then dip into a cool bath for about one minute. This was something the Romans would do everyday. After learning about the Roman baths we walked about a mile into the Collesuim and entered in through the gladiator entrance. We went into the lion cage and lifted up the wooden bars. We talked about gladiator stuff and I learned that people fought people. We then went to the very top where the seating for the events took place. Now there are only one tenth of the seats left today. We then met up with everyone at Luxemburg gardens and then headed home for dinner.
Day two in Paris.
We went on tour with Angelo our guide. He shared a lot of stories about Paris. One of these stories was about a butcher and a barber. The barber would cut peoples necks and then throw the dead bodies in the cellar where the butcher would make patae out of the dead bodies and sell them to the people. The way the people of France found out was that the barber killed a young student. The student had a dog the dog barked and barked out front of the butcher's shop. When the barber tried to kill the dog the police where watching and found the bodies of other victims that were hidden and arrested the them both. The movie Sweeny Todd was based on this true story.
We went on tour with Angelo our guide. He shared a lot of stories about Paris. One of these stories was about a butcher and a barber. The barber would cut peoples necks and then throw the dead bodies in the cellar where the butcher would make patae out of the dead bodies and sell them to the people. The way the people of France found out was that the barber killed a young student. The student had a dog the dog barked and barked out front of the butcher's shop. When the barber tried to kill the dog the police where watching and found the bodies of other victims that were hidden and arrested the them both. The movie Sweeny Todd was based on this true story.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Day One
I'm really exited about going to Paris with my family!
On our first full day in Paris and we went to the Eiffel tower with our friends Chloe and Josh,we hiked up the Eiffle tower, all 700 hundred step. It was easy for me, since it was my fourth time climbing up the stairs. We took the elevator the rest of the way,when we reached the top it was very windy. We got to see all of Paris from the top. When we went back to the bottom I had a hot dog and french fries with my friends. French hot dogs are very BIG and cheesy. Then we went to the Tullarie Gardens and had lots of fun showing our friends the gardens and the playgrounds.
On our first full day in Paris and we went to the Eiffel tower with our friends Chloe and Josh,we hiked up the Eiffle tower, all 700 hundred step. It was easy for me, since it was my fourth time climbing up the stairs. We took the elevator the rest of the way,when we reached the top it was very windy. We got to see all of Paris from the top. When we went back to the bottom I had a hot dog and french fries with my friends. French hot dogs are very BIG and cheesy. Then we went to the Tullarie Gardens and had lots of fun showing our friends the gardens and the playgrounds.
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