I realise it's been a couple of days since the last day of what should have been the daily updates...apologies for the delay.
Sunday was spent mostly quietly; in the morning, after waking up late after the epic party, we went to the Grand Palais to see an Andy Warhol exhibition. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and so did John, I think, Elisabeth I'm not sure and Sophie was underwhelmed. There were too many people, even though it was Sunday, so that dampened things a bit.
The rest of the day we did more or less nothing. I finished reading my American news magazines and that was more or less it. We were going to go see the new Miyazaki film, but an issue with the ticket machine made us miss the show; luckily, we made it to the one after and I had just enough time to catch my train. I loved the film; I love most everything by Miyazaki that I've seen. This one (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) was very much bubbles and sunshine on the surface, but I think there's a more subtle subtext to be found if you search (or if you read it in). In any case, it was cute and nice and made me smile. It was a nice way to end Paris.
So now I'm back in rainy Tours, pretending to do my homework and succeeding occasionally. Yesterday I went into town with the granddaughter of the odd couple who took me to the France-Etats-Unis meeting and that was nice, and today I payed a visit to a friend of the family who teaches philosophy at Vaucanson. She lent me a few books by Descartes and Rousseau for me to try to read; we'll see how that goes.
And I've uploaded a selection of the Paris pictures into the Photobucket gallery; the upload was interrupted but I think most of them made it in:
http://s711.photobucket.com/albums/ww120/bleumarten/?start=20
'Til Sunday!
No comments:
Post a Comment