Catch-up!

A little catch up of some photos that hadn't made it to my blog yet...!

DisneyLand Light Show :)

Easter treats at home

Easter in London

Brunch at The Breakfast Club!

An early summer by The Seine

Historical Paris

Enjoy :)

À Bientôt !

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A Lesson in Looking

How much history can you find on one street, just by opening your eyes?

The Musee Maillol.

 

Alfred de Musset lived here.

 National Horticultural Centre of Paris.

 Centre of Italian Culture.

Ministry for National Education.

The Mairie of the 7th arrondissement.

"The first regular French television programmes were diffused from the studio inside this building in the November of 1935"

Would you believe all these photos were taken on the same street!?

Paris is beautiful!

À Bientôt !

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Paris From My Phone

 À Bientôt !

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Christmas Walk

Just some pictures I took on a Christmassy walk to uni via the Christmas market on the Boulevard Saint Germain. 

Juste quelques photos que j'ai pris sur une promenade festive via le marché de Noël sur le Boulevard Saint Germain.

À Bientôt ! 

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Monday Catch-Up

I'm currently waiting for my friend to pop some photos up online of our Saturday night, where we went out to a bar called "L'International" for a free gig, feat. Baston. In the meantime, here's a scoop of photos that hadn't quite yet managed to find their way onto the blog.

 

Me & my friend enjoying "Breakfast in America". My photo is shamefully stolen from her instagram account.

 My sister sent me a photo of some Hummingbird brownie she'd made, prompting me to give baking in my tiny little oven a go. The only problem was that I had no scales, & had to guess all the quantities. They turned out pretty well, considering, even if I do say it myself!

On Wednesday, I went with some girls to see "Gravity" at the cinema in 3D. I loved it, even if the plot was a little predictable. It was one of the most stressful things I've seen recently, because the whole plot axes on tension & the fear of what will go wrong next up in space. The whole idea terrifies & fascinates me! It was very cathartic, & I was buzzing with pent up adrenalin all the way home. We managed to catch some more of the Christmas market before the movie, but we didn't buy anything.

I'll leave you with this photo of our new friend we found waiting all alone in the cinema lobby. He looked like he could do with some sidekicks. 

Gig photos coming soon!

À Bientôt ! 

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Cité des Sciences

I've had such a lovely but such a non-stop weekend! This post is a round up of random photos I managed to take on my phone at the Cite des Sciences et l'Industrie.  I know, I know, I'll take my camera out one day!

I went with my tandem partner (conversation exchange, nothing to do with bikes!), a friend who is at uni in Versailles & his friend at uni in St. Cloud. It's a science museum with loads of hands-on exhibitions (mainly aimed at children!) but less serious than Arts et Metiers which is apparently more traditional!

All the permanent exhibitions are free once you've paid your €6.00 student entry fee, but you have to pay a bit extra to go into the cinema, The Planetarium or the temporary exhibitions. We checked out the indoor greenhouse, the mathematics section, the humans & genes section & the sounds & music section.

'Sounds' was definitely the best section, with a whispering wall, fun videos for kids, explaining how things like the telephone was invented, and machines for warping sounds/inventing your own instrument. You can also have a voice recognition conversation with the rather sassy Mona Lisa.

If you go then take a friend, take a sense of humour & take a curious spirit.

I definitely learned some exciting things!

Nearest metro is Porte de la Villette.

Get yourselves along there!

À Bientôt !

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Paris from my Phone

À Bientôt ! 

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Remembering Summer

The summer of 2013 was bittersweet. For the first time it really hit home how quickly the sands of time slip between your fingers, no matter how firmly you try to pack them into place with photos, concrete plans inked into diaries and bear-hugs with friends you don't want to let go of. 

I had a really magical time, first going to Bologna with university friends to teach English to children in a tiny local church, then having my flatmates come down to London to see me. 

I saw 'Once' the musical, ate at Borough Market for the first time, surveyed London from the Shard, and then had my own Roman Holiday in Italy with my beautiful family. 

Friends from school gave me the best send off anyone could ask for with cocktails and a 'Despicable Me' cake. But all of it was tempered by the knowledge I'd be leaving for a year for Paris. I can't believe how lucky and blessed I've been with all the opportunities I've been given. Moving on is hard to do, but I don't think I'd change anything, given the brilliant experiences I've had so far in Paris.

A snap-chat I sent to friends after booking my trip

I made this video so I'd have something to look back on - and I'm so glad I did. I can't travel back in time, but this is a small way of flipping the hourglass back over and seeing time spent run its course again:

 À Bientôt !

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