Yesterday morning we met for class just down the street from our apartment at the Arch De Triomphe. We climbed to the top of it and got to actually be able to see the 12 radiating avenues from its rotary, rather than just visualise. Though it was hazy, we could see for a very long ways down to the new part of the cities. It would be a pretty phenomenal sight to see an army marching down one of those avenues. Atleast four have walked under the Arch itself, ours having done so twice.
We then walked down the Second Priciest Real Estate in the world, the Champs E'Lysee. I bought a croissant.:) The latter part of the road is embraced by a series of trees including, oak, sycamore, linden and chestnut. That way as we walked, we could find ourselves some shade. We ended our long trek, a couple hours later at the Jardin de Tuileries. A garden that is near the Louvre and outside of one of Mairie Medici's Palaces. We spent some time there showing Walt our skectchbook progress and discussing our plans for the weekend. After we left walt, some of us seperated to go to the Parque de Citroen, like the car. It is a park that resuses the spaces and frames of the old factory to create a series of rooms. Personally, i found the park intriguing. It set off my curiosity as you go through it room by room.
After the park, we headed back to the Champs E'lysee to buy dinner. I got a small salad, and then we met with most of the rest of our class, including Walt and Judy, to get in line for Pirates of the Caribe* World's End. Yes. the movie was released last night, more than a day before it is at home. So, Haha. It was a great movie, there will be no dissapointment. Also, if you plan to go see it, stay past the movie credits, its a must!
This morning we met for class to walk around the city once again from garden to garden. The first place we went was the Place De Vosgues, the earliest designed plaza in known history. It was supposedly the prototype of every city-square built there after and was started by King Louis XIII(13). Also, Victor Hugo, the author, lived there.
We then walked to the Promenade Plantee a linear garden that was planted over the path of an old city railroad. It was a pleasant walk and the array of foilage used was wide. I would call the space almost delicate, considering it used to be a railway, but it is the only elevated garden in the world(supposedly).
We finished the day at Parque Di Verce. My favorite part of it was the lumbering young great dane trying to play with the small mutts in the park. He was a nice looking dane and came up to his owners chest, as she was smallm even for a Parisan. When she had him leave he was very upset and stood at the bottom of a large staircase until she was almost out of sight. Only then, with just three bounds, did he catch up to her. Back to the park itself, it was next to a stadium that had grass for walls...ask for pictures when i get back, they explain better. The park was built as a series of rooms that are to be used for different things. There was the English Pastoral Area, where we found the dane, the Rose Garden, the educational garden, for the children, and the pool area, where there were turtles and koi. The whole garden was surrounded by expensive apartments and at the end was a nice little shopping area with a really nice sweet shop with delicious biscuits that hopefully will find there way back to the states when i buy them again.
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