It's Not Over Yet!

Did you think that was it? We're not even halfway yet!

Day 8: The Arab World. We went to visit a mosque in Paris. How cool! And good food! As usual. We had a tour, and our guide was very enthusiastic about the subject. He was very interesting to listen to. It is interesting to learn that there are so many Muslims in Paris. It's always fun to experience other cultures! The mosque was very beautiful, as you can see from the design here that was tiled on the walls.

Later, we went to Bercy village, wich is fairly new. It's a cute place with little shops and a movie theater. Later, Humaira and I went there to watch the Prince of Persia. The theater is very different than in the U.S. They have many places to lounge about, and there are numerous levels.

Day 9: Branly Museum. The Catacombes was planned for this day, but it was unfortunately cancelled because of some flooding. I think the rain had something to do with this. Well, there's still lots to see! We went to the Branly Museum instead! In its permanent collection, this museum exhibits African, South American, and I saw some Asian art. I found this really interesting, especially since I just took an art history course on African and Chinese art. I was even able to recognize many styles and objects! I have found that when you know more about a subject, it is always more interesting to you. I must apologize to my friends, however, because I think I lingered a little too long for their taste. Their current exhibit featured Indian Art (from India). It was beautiful! I guess I am just an art fanatic, because I don't know much about this art, and I was still so amazed!

Day 10: Chartres City. Now we are venturing out of Paris. We had to catch an early train at 8:00 in the morning! However, because there was a strike (yep, you read that right), that train was cancelled! We caught the next one at 9:30, but we still had to wake up pretty early. We toured the cathedral, which is quite magificent and still contains much of its original architecture as well as most of its stained glass windows. It had similar features to Notre Dame since it was mostly made in the same style. I saw a few students drawing parts of it. (I should've done that...)

We had the rest of the day to explore. I really liked it. It was a little bit slower than Paris. Erika and I found a couple of places where we bought some cute jewelry and really cute store with pretty good prices.

Well, I guess I'll stop here for now. Keep checking up on the adventure. There's much more to come!

A tout a l'heure!