MES HISTOIRES PARISIENNES:

I have returned to my blog 2 years later,
because there are too many stories to share...


"
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man,
then wherever you go for the rest of your life,
it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast
"
-Hemingway



Thursday, May 5

Chateau de Vincennes

 

Now that classes and exams are over and I’m officially on “summer break”, I have some free time to catch up on all of those things that got put off during the business of the semester (reading, playing guitar, swimming, blogging).  My first day of break and I’ve managed to do all of the above so far. 

Although it’s hard to go through the past 2 months and try to mention everything, I’ll just take it a little at a time. 

A few of us from church went to Chateau de Vincennes in March after an American brunch with eggs and lots of pain au chocolat … okay, so maybe it wasn’t as American as it could’ve been, but they don’t have bacon in France.  The following pictures are from Chateau de Vincennes which is just outside Paris’ peripherique (the boulevard that encircles the city) on the East.  Not as fancy as the Louvre or Versailles, but it’s still beautiful – plus, it was nice to get out of the city (even if it was only 1km). 

 

   The Chapel

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Jackie and Me

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The Chateau

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The peacock we saw in the “Bois de Vincennes”

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Overview of the grounds

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