WHAT ARE THE CHANCES!?!!
The absolute most unbelievable thing happened yesterday. In the middle of Paris, one of the largest cities in the world I run into not just someone I know, but my best friend from Sweden who I haven’t seen in almost two years!!! CRAZY! Neither of us had any idea we would both be in Paris and then, a bit after we leave the Pompidou we are standing in the street and she comes running up out of no where. We both flip out and are jumping, hugging and screaming in the middle of Paris. Poor Sarah suffers with curiosity for about 30 seconds of screaming before I can calm down enough to get out the words “Amanda from Sweden” and then we continue screaming. That made my week!
If that coincidence doesn’t wow you enough then let me tell you that we ran into Hannah Casey and Ashley LaFontaine in the Louvre and THEN the Metro later!!! Seriously guys! This city is packed and still we see all these people. In this situation, we knew that they would be in Paris but they had no idea that we would be there. Sarah and I were hoping to see them, Sarah even let a few shouts of “Erskine!” with the hope they would be here. Hannah and Ashley just happened to come back to the Louvre and just happened to see a glimpse of this one painting and decide to change directions. We went back with them and surprised the whole Erskine group and had so much fun swapping hilarious stories from our trip.
And for those interested in the art… We hit up the Pompidou Center in the morning and I spent more time in their than any museum yet and I wasn’t going as slow as I could have been for Sarah Hope’s sake (poor girl got finished, looked at all the shops inside, watched a video two times over and read the entire book of Acts.) I really don’t know where to begin with telling you about the museum because it was so awesome. They had tons of work and journal entries and information about Dada and an architecture exhibit as their temporary collection. Architecture is a difficult thing to bring inside a museum, but the Pompidou center did an amazing job. Sarah, even with her new frugality skill, was moved to buy their permanent collection book, it was that good! They had it arranged thematically and had rooms with everything from transparency to the bride from chaos to anti-museum from destruction to hybrid. Really I think you just need to look at the website, see all of Sarah’s amazing pictures, or check out this book when Sarah gets it in.
We also did the Louvre and WOW! I’ll be honest that I wasn’t too excited because I thought that it was just a big name because it was old, but this place was huge and had so much art. By the way, the Raft of the Medusa is one of the biggest paintings I have ever seen, the people painted are just a bit bigger than life size, it’s amazing someone could paint something soooo big! The Mona Lisa is small, and I almost feel bad for her. She is so famous so who can you put beside her, not really anyone, so she gets her own whole was which makes her seem even smaller and she has to look across the hall all day at a painting which is so huge it covers the whole wall it is on. Poor LITTLE Mona Lisa :(
We are meeting up with the Erskine group and Amanda today to see the sights of Paris.
Have a super-dupper, spectacular, stellar day!
sarah.miller
If that coincidence doesn’t wow you enough then let me tell you that we ran into Hannah Casey and Ashley LaFontaine in the Louvre and THEN the Metro later!!! Seriously guys! This city is packed and still we see all these people. In this situation, we knew that they would be in Paris but they had no idea that we would be there. Sarah and I were hoping to see them, Sarah even let a few shouts of “Erskine!” with the hope they would be here. Hannah and Ashley just happened to come back to the Louvre and just happened to see a glimpse of this one painting and decide to change directions. We went back with them and surprised the whole Erskine group and had so much fun swapping hilarious stories from our trip.
And for those interested in the art… We hit up the Pompidou Center in the morning and I spent more time in their than any museum yet and I wasn’t going as slow as I could have been for Sarah Hope’s sake (poor girl got finished, looked at all the shops inside, watched a video two times over and read the entire book of Acts.) I really don’t know where to begin with telling you about the museum because it was so awesome. They had tons of work and journal entries and information about Dada and an architecture exhibit as their temporary collection. Architecture is a difficult thing to bring inside a museum, but the Pompidou center did an amazing job. Sarah, even with her new frugality skill, was moved to buy their permanent collection book, it was that good! They had it arranged thematically and had rooms with everything from transparency to the bride from chaos to anti-museum from destruction to hybrid. Really I think you just need to look at the website, see all of Sarah’s amazing pictures, or check out this book when Sarah gets it in.
We also did the Louvre and WOW! I’ll be honest that I wasn’t too excited because I thought that it was just a big name because it was old, but this place was huge and had so much art. By the way, the Raft of the Medusa is one of the biggest paintings I have ever seen, the people painted are just a bit bigger than life size, it’s amazing someone could paint something soooo big! The Mona Lisa is small, and I almost feel bad for her. She is so famous so who can you put beside her, not really anyone, so she gets her own whole was which makes her seem even smaller and she has to look across the hall all day at a painting which is so huge it covers the whole wall it is on. Poor LITTLE Mona Lisa :(
We are meeting up with the Erskine group and Amanda today to see the sights of Paris.
Have a super-dupper, spectacular, stellar day!
sarah.miller
posted by Sarah Hope at 1:45 AM
2 Comments:
haha poor little mona lisa. i love you, sarah! and erskine is everywhere - didn't you know that already? ;) i'm so glad you guys are having such a great time. i miss you and love you both very much. stay safe... you're in many prayers, so don't forget that. --Brandy
It was wonderful to see you both in Paris!! I think of you daily & hope you're having a fantastic time! Much love!!
Rebekah
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