Sunday, January 23, 2011

London Town

We got back from London two nights ago, and since then, have only left the house to go out for Signe, Peter and Dinne's last night in Paris (yesterday night. Ok, and today to get a baguette because we ran out of provisions).

I have done nothing but enjoying my bed (couch), looking at pictures and reading magazines that my Mom sent me on a package from Costa Rica... yest I'm still so tired! What's wrong with me I'm so lazy. And I've been saying "Ok now I'm gonna start packing" for the past few hours but can't seem to get up! I'm moving apartments on Saturday but I'm gonna go visit Marifer at La Rochelle from Tuesday to Friday, so I better get started tomorrow.

Anyways, it's time for some London pictures! We walked so much, took so many metros (or, "the tube") and laughed so hard at the brit accent and had a blast. London was completely different from Paris. Ok maybe not as compleely as Berlin but you sense you're in a totally different place, and you can see the people around you are not French, and even less, Parisian. A lot of things I expected were not there, and then I was surprised by lots of others.

I wanna be all smart and make cool observations but I think physical inactivity has taken a toll on my mental capacities. Ah! For now, just some pictures...




We stayed in the Bloomsbury neighborhood (yes, like that publishing house that prints the Harry Potter books). But of course that's not the important thing, the publisher's named like that after this neighborhood, with great literary tradition where homies like Virginia Woolf, J.M. Keynes and co. lived, wrote and worked.

And here we have the next generation.

Spotted. B taking a break at Bloomsbury after a long day of walking checking out Topshop on Oxford Street. Why are you there so lonely, B? Wonder if M took off with a London hottie in a motorcycle...

XOXO

GG.




Canaby Street, were good things were happening on the 60s and 70s.



Carnaby was the heart of the swinging 60s, too bad it's become e real tourist trap with Starbucks in every corner.. but there's still coof stuff, shops and galleries around.





The Youth Club @ SoHo, around Carnaby Street.





Notting Hill bookshop.



Buckingham Palace 0 - Versailles 1. These minicabs are all over, and apparently you can neves stop a cab in the street in London since it's really dangerous... how? They look so cute!



Seriously, they were selling this book called "William and Kate: A Royal Souvenir." Seriously.




Yes, I'm lame, but I just had to.




Sunset at the Kensington Palace gardens.






Perfect thing to own for people like me who, yes, hate wearing things on their wrists... but that doesn't mean we don't love to know what time it is! Most precious find at the Camden markets.



Last day walking along the Thames looking for the Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. It was sunny and beautiful the four days we were there. Still cold, but clear skies so I can not complain!


Monday, January 17, 2011

Pre-London

I have so many things on my mind because about two hours ago Bridgette and I realized that our flight to London was actually tomorrow instead of Wednesday!! Ah! So hostel booking, packing, Signe cme over for a glass of champagne and Sofie's been staying over for the past few days here. Overall awesome but also, we have to leave around 8:30am and now it's 2:30 am. I like to think of our situation in Bridgette's words: "We went to Versailles this morning and tomorrow we're going to London, who do we think we are!" We're awesome, that's what we are. Well daaaaahhlings I better get some sleep and catch a plane in a few hours.




Hjalte's Birthday

These are the last weeks, so unfortunately, that we're all gonna be together. I found a great group of friends this semester and we got together to celebrate Hjalte's birthday yesterday. He cooked an amazing dinner, as usual, and we just ate and had a great time. Now everyone will start leaving and only me and my Canadian bros will stay here. It's so sad but this dinner felt like it encompassed a lot of the things we shared during these months and it felt like the perfect wrap up of out first semester. Aw, I'm gonna miss them so much, but, but, next thing on the to-do list is tickets to Denmark-Sweden for spring break (with a visit to Cem included!!).

Love to all my scandie beauties... Nickelback and hyggelight forever! Also, Hjalte's mom is SO COOL.











Printemps

Yuna came to visit from Lille (she's staying at Marie Pierre and Gilles' house, my friends from Lille) and we had such a great time together. We walked, and walked and walked and walked.... but the weather was SO NICE. Feels like spring and the city just looks ten times more beautiful.

Here are some shots.


Little passage around Odeon


The view from the top of the Centre Pompidou



One of the most beautiful days in months, not even wearing a scarf!




Crossing around the Louvre...


...we found a strange scene






Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Sleep (or, epic laziness)

Good title for a movie...


















I don't want to wake up an face 'real life', and what makes it so much harder is that I have the most comfortable couch full of pillows and blankets and we had a grey beautiful day yesterday. Well I did woke up anyways today, and went to the bank and now I am at the library, but it is such a change of scenery from my over-2week beauty vacation love affair with the couch that I am sitting here just dreaming of it.

Couch, je t'aime.. What an easy life just lying there. I'm definitely bringing you to the new apartment. I also realized when i was talking to Bridge an taking these pictures that this window is the thing I have photographed the most since I've been in Paris. I'm so excited to move once again, but this window I'll miss so so much.

It's also kind of good to wake an go out and face real life because new projects arise. Now that I'll be moving in the end of the months I have to start planning for it a little bit, cleaning up spaces and getting rid of things i don't need anymore. I also had a great idea for a photo project that will bring Faubourg St Denis into the new place, and I'll use the twin lens, for the first time, the first time!

Now I'll keep on dreaming of pillows and comfort.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Candy

Versailles

Beautiful bit by bit...










Then it just becomes retarded.









Too much candy gets you sick