Yesterday, we met up with more people for this walk like Rebecca, Chelsea, Richard, etc. Even though the walk took longer than it would have in a small group, it was nice to socialize with some other people. We all really liked Musee de Cluny. It had so many interesting things. The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries were breath-taking. I guess i'm really interested in tapestries, now. I liked that a lot more things in this museum were about women and for women, etc. it made it a lot more interesting for me. It's interesting that the guide b book mentioned that the Sorbon has a lot of riots and the like, but that it was also "ultra conservative." i guess it was interesting to me because in the united states, civil unrest and riots sometimes are viewed as what more liberals do than conservatives.
The Pantheon was pretty neat, but super cold. it almost just seemed like some building that was only used as a glorified tomb. It was pretty neat to see the final resting places of some big names. Seeing famous people's graves has never excited me that much, though. Saint-Etienne-du-Mont was kind of cool, too. I'm starting to be bugged by all the revolutionaries, though, because they seem to have destroyed a lot of really great stuff, including saint Genevieve's remains.
The wall on this walk wasn't as cool cause it really was just a sliver. Some kids were really excited to see it, though. The roman arena was cool, too. It's so weird to see it used as a park, and not all roped off. It's also weird that there aren't many roman ruins in paris. I've been to other cities where there were many more ruins.
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