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A Sparse Paris Post

I took a trip to Paris with some friends during my week long break at the end of October. I didn't take many interesting or orginal photos. I spend most of my time in Paris wondering what it was like in the past. So, here are some present and past photos.

Palais du Luxembourg

1832

Notre Dame de Paris

17th Century

Cafe Les Deux Magots

Simone de Beauvoir, 1944

Cafe De Flore

Sartre, 1945

Place de la Concorde and the Eifel Tower

Date Unknown

Line for the Diane Arbus exhibit at Jeu de Paume.  It was great.

The Cathedral

The Bourges Cathedral is impressive for a few reasons. The simplicity of design, stained glass(some of which is still intact from the 13th century), and the sheer size of it set it apart from most other cathedrals in France. These are mostly photos of the windows which are great. Congratulations if you can read it like a visual bible. I just think it looks cool.

Medieval Cubism

 

Let's see how that looks when we throw a flash on it.

suppa'

Guess which people were sinners.

My Domiciles

These are the first two temporary places that I lived.

Florent's House:
My contact person at the school's name is Florent. This is the bed in his computer room that I slept in for two days when I first arrived in Bourges.  Florent is pictured on the steps outside of his flat.  His place is on the second floor.

 

The next place I occupied was a dorm room among the students of the high school where I teach.  I was alone in a room with three bunk beds.  I had two desks at my disposal.  Notice the barely-there blanket and the crap pillow with the blanket support.

Reading Material

Stoke.

Dorm room with a view.

I will make a later post about my major upgrade to an actual room of my own.

Salut

This post, being my first post, will act as an introduction to this blog; Berrisean.  The name is derived from the ancient language of Berrichone which was spoken in Berry, the region of France of which Bourges is the capital.  This blog will be the nexus of these two elements that make up the blog title.  These elements being myself, Sean Morales, and Bourges, where I am an Assistant de Langue Vivante; Assistant English Teacher at Lycee Alain Fournier.  The mediums of this blog will be amateur digital photography and the written word.