First week of classes. CHECK! Time is already flying by. Not sure how I feel about that...
My classes are so wonderful. School would be so much more entertaining if all classes were as great as these ones. I even enjoy my history class! What has the Parisian culture done to me? I eat different foods, enjoy visiting museums, and even like history!? I'm so cultured :D
My favorite class has to be Paris Collage. It's an art history/architecture class and after a lecture, we go out and explore what we just learned about. Beyond fascinating. We went to see the remains of the ancient Cluny baths that were constructed in the year 200 and our teacher gave us a lot of interesting history. After seeing the architecture of the baths and visiting the outside of the Musée de Cluny, we walked to what is left of the Arenas of Lutetia. This was an amphitheater with a stage for plays and an arena for different games. What I found very interesting was that it had room to fit 17,000 spectators but Paris didn't have nearly that many residents in the 1st century! They think many people from all over came to meet there for different occasions. Today, there is not much left of the arena. There is the general outline and a few rows of seats, but besides that, you wouldn't know that it was something so famous if you just walked by. That is why I find this class fascinating. So many things are right before our eyes and we could never know.
The Musée de Cluny has a lot of tapestries, and the famous one being the lady and the unicorn. Since we didn't get to visit the museum today, we're going to go back tomorrow.
Back at school, there was an information session on volunteer projects that we could participate in. I am going to teach English to the preschoolers for a half hour each week starting in a few weeks. It should be a lot of fun!
Well, we have a lot of fun plans this weekend! I'm leaving this blog post in a cliff hanger. Oh la la
Tous les goûts sont dans la nature
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