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It's an adventure. Our family of five is taking a year off from... the normal. Less work. More travel. Even (gasp!) homeschooling! We invite you to come along with us as we head West. Then on to Europe. Even grand times at home in between! Our goals: Rest. Connect. Experience. We hope to grow closer as a family and gain a deeper appreciation of all that God is, does, gives. Scaled back commitments. Scaled up adventure. Come along with us as the story unfolds!

Pictures around town

5/28/2012 03:24:00 AM |

This post includes the pictures that don't quite fit in one category, just miscellaneous pictures.  In case you're wondering, I've taken over 2,400 pictures.  And that doesn't include all the pictures Kevin has taken with his iphone!  So our trip is well documented!




It's important to know what this means, especially when trying to get out of a metro station!


There are signs/ads all over the metro stations, some strange, some inappropriate, and of course all in French.  Daniel was excited to see this one, a favorite book series.

And, while overall, Paris is beautiful, it is a city, and so all parts aren't exactly beautiful.  We saw tons of graffiti. The upside of not speaking French is that we had no idea if some of the words we saw were inappropriate! Some of the pictures were pretty cool looking.


I love these signs that point out historical areas.  When we first got to Paris, I'd go over to read one, and then realize that they're all in French!  Oh well.  This one talks about the bouquinistes, which are the booksellers (and pictures and trinkets) along the Seine river.




Speaking of books, we found a store that sells books of Daniel's and Justin's favorite pastime:

I learned about these green water fountains below when we went to the sewers (I guess I did learn something there).  Back in the1800s, only wealthy people could get clean water, so a rich Englishman, Sir Richard Wallace, donated seventy-five of these fountains to the city, which allowed even poor peasants to get clean water.  In later years, Paris added more to the city so there's over a hundred.  And today, the water is still clean to drink!
On one of our outings, we walked by the Pompidou Center.  It's a modern art museum, but it's one of the many museums we opted not to do.  But the outside of the building is an art work itself!  You can see all the pipes, and they're color coded their purpose - green for water, yellow for electrical, blue for air ducts.  So neat!


And here's some pictures from the various markets we saw.  There are markets for all kinds of things, and we even went to a bird market, which also included rabbits!




huge meringues

candy







We had to google what this meant - plonk is "poor quality wine."











The last pictures I'll include here are from an ancient Roman arena. Les Arenes de Lutece.  How cool is it that we can go hang out in a 2000 year old arena!  We ate some bread and pastries, watched some guys play soccer, and fed the pigeons, all the while imagining what kinds of different activities took place here so long ago!



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Posted by Kelly

1 comments:

Katy said...

So is Anna coming home with a dwarf bunny? They were for pets, right? You are going to be busy at Patty's next retreat! Time to go digital, perhaps? Can't wait to see you guys.

May 29, 2012 at 11:02 AM

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