Category Archive: France

Did you know that Renoir, Manet, Sissley, and Monet were all great friends ? They all started the impressionist period. Believe or not, at first, people did not like the impressionist artwork at all, and many of the greatest impressionist painters, especially Van Gogh, hid their paintings for years or even until their death. Now, […]

I got a new iron today!! I could not stand the crummy little small one that my mom sent with Dad. Therefore, I found a nicer one at a large appliance and electric store that I went to today. I figured that since I’ll be back in Europe soon for abroad study (SCAD has a […]

Today, I explored Paris more with Christophe and his friends and finally got to see the Eiffel Tower in full view. French people love McDonald’s as much as the Americans! UH! We got McDonald’s for lunch and had a picnic on the garden lawn in front of the Eiffel Tower. I just got a random […]

Paris is absolutely massive! Christophe, Vincent, and I went to the National Museum of Middle Ages (Musée de Cluny sur le Moyen-Age). I did not know about the Middle Ages as much as I thought! Middle Ages is a time period from 1000 – 1300 A.C. and I certainly would NOT want to live during […]

French countryside are absolutely magnificent! I just spent my lovely weekend in the pure green countryside where there is almost nobody. Christophe’s family has a gorgeous second home in Normandy. Their house looks exactly like what we would see in travel/tourist magazines about French countryside houses. Their house is stoned, but they’re covered with white […]

It’s amazing how much power Germany once had! I spent almost an hour on Saturday evening in Normandy, talking to Christophe’s parents about World War II. Since they’re Europeans and their parents have lived in Europe throughout the World War II, they had much more dramatic stories to tell me. The perspectives were much different […]

When French people see high school students being crowned as homecoming queen or king, or students playing foorballs, or students wearing a cap and a gown when they graduate in the American films, they think these events are completely fantasies! Why? NONE of these events exist in France! Schools in France are just about work! […]

Today, Christophe took me on a tour around the parts of Paris that I have not seen yet. There are just unbelievably so much to see in this city! We saw the Opera, a place where concerts and shows are played. Right by the Opera, I saw the Academie National de Musique. It’s a very […]

I just transfered to Asnières, another suburban area of Paris. It’s in north of Paris, by the Siene River. My high school group just left Paris this past afternoon. Before I go into details, I need to say that AOL is the most selfish internet service. I CANNOT access a single email account, NOT GMAIL, […]

What makes Europe so special ? There are millions of fabulous castles! It’s unfortunate that there are none in US. Of course, it’s because the United States was established much later than Europe. That’s also why United States is more modern and spacious than Europe. The European history starts in 49 B.C. where as the […]