{"id":2219,"date":"2015-10-18T22:31:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T22:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:31:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T22:31:43","slug":"the-girl-gang-takes-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2015\/10\/18\/the-girl-gang-takes-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girl Gang Takes Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

After my time in Rome with my connections class (see my post about it here!<\/a>) this summer, my two classmates and friends Ashley Dyas ’16 and Marissa Irish ’16 and I decided to hop around Europe a bit more before heading back to Tacoma. It’s much easier to get around once you’re actually in Europe, so we popped on over to France first!<\/p>\n

Paris was incredible. Everything was so ornate and beautifully decorated. I took another 1000 pictures and did my best to narrow it down!\"IMG_8283\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ashley and Marissa enjoy some tea and the Lourve!<\/p><\/div>\n

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We visited tons of museums and landmarks together and a few I explored on my own. Being able to see so much of the art I’ve studied for years was absolutely amazing.<\/p>\n

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Sleeping Satyr at the Lourve<\/p><\/div>\n

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The man himself at the Musee d’Orsay!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Notre Dame!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Venus de Milo from my day at the Lourve!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Saint Chapelle’s incredible stained glass<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Sunset<\/a>

Sunset from atop the Arch de Triumph<\/p><\/div>\n

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The incredible Eiffel Tower light show! (+ wine)<\/p><\/div>\n

And of course, Versailles!\"11401050_10153318545037778_4163417482216312284_n\"<\/a> \"11750656_10153415269812778_2351390037476634444_n\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I also visited the Musee de l’Orangerie one day and spent a GOOD amount of time there. This museum has Monet’s wall-length waterlilies. I could have stayed there the entire day.\"1554382_10153318530712778_1759955177898767452_n\"<\/a> \"11218847_10153318530837778_3105371976277154698_n\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During our visit to the Musee d’Orsay, I accidentally stumbled across my absolute favorite painting… and proceeded to cry in front of a large tour group. Marissa took a photo to commemorate the experience.<\/p>\n

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La Naissance de Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau + me and my tears<\/p><\/div>\n

That was not the last of the art related tears, however! I was also fortunate enough to see my favorite sculpture in my trip to the Lourve — \u00a0the Winged Nike of Samothrace. Cue tears.\"11202586_10153415272737778_5102054882180537456_n\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This was on my second visit…and I didn’t even cry that time!<\/p><\/div>\n

So I covered the art, one of the best things about France. But I left out one of the most important things… FOOD.<\/p>\n

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Crepes for days!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I even tried escargot! (I pretended it fit under the pescatarian diet)<\/p><\/div>\n

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So many desserts…<\/p><\/div>\n

\"...SO<\/a>

…SO MANY<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our Paris obsession: fancy tea!!<\/p><\/div>\n

After our time in Paris, we visited somewhere I’ve always dreamed of going: Ireland. But there’s even more pictures for that story, so I think it deserves it’s own post! So au revoir for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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