It’s Rainy and My Feet Hurt

So it rained again today…but I don’t really mind it that much. Although it does annoy me when I try to take pictures of things above me, and I get rain drops on my lens then there are spots on my pictures for the next ten minutes. It also annoys me because when I walk my feet get soaked and so I walk around in wet shoes/socks the whole day…which isn’t the best thing in light of how much I’ve been walking lately.

Today I went to the Musée d’Orsay and Notre Dame. I stood in line, outside, in the rain, for a long time at the Musée d’Orsay…so that kind of sucked. Inside, I saw some different expositions; one about photographic representations of works of art, then the impressionist wing (which is freaking massive, by the way), and then I saw paintings by a guy I really like, a Danish painter by the name of Willumsen. Museum touring gets a little tiring (and a little boring) after a while, so I decided to leave and walk to the Ile de la Cité and see Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is one of the prettiest man made things I’ve ever seen. I just kind of stood there (in the rain) and marveled at it’s beauty and history. It’s so weird to think about all the events that have taken place there…like coronations of kings and masses etc etc. It’s funny because “Old Town” in Fort Collins is maybe 100 years old, and Notre Dame was built in 1163…so kind of a large disparity in definitions of “Old” there. Well, after standing there for a while I went inside and looked around…then sat down to kind of just look and pray for a little bit. Then some person rang a bell a couple times and then everyone stood up so I stood up…and then I gathered that it was mass. I stayed for a while watching the mass. There was beautiful singing in French so I followed along in the little handout this guy gave me. Then I got a little restless so I walked around the rest of the inside. When I left…it was SUNNY!!! So that made me happy because I could take more pictures.

On the Métro home, I bought an Orangina because I was thirsty. Can I just take a minute to tell you how much I love Orangina? If you have ever been to my house, you probably know I can drink a whole carton of Orange Juice in one sitting. You also probably know that I love pop…so the fact that there’s a drink that is basically carbonated Orange Juice goodness makes me ecstatic beyond belief. That is all.

Brent

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