poitiers

lunch break for everyone at Poitiers!

Claire talks with Jacques & Matt

EESI's bluescreen & animation studio.

members of UArts, Wrexham, & EESI's teams.

lunch break!

Claire says good bye to go sailing across the Atlantic.

Notre Dame of Poitiers.

the fine, Romanesque façade.

le marché à Poitiers.

yet another Statue of Liberty.

Wrexham & UArts' day out after the workshop.

pretending to be Japanese tourists.

in France, there are stop signs.

Vanessa, leaning in for a closer look.

Half-timbered architecture in the city center.

different colors for different city walking tours.

Eman & Rachel & the parking barrier.

le Louvre, le Centre Pompidou

Adriel and Rusty have a peek at the semi-smiling lady, safe behind thick glass and...

...surrounded by an unending, constantly moving crowd of humanity.

Michelangelo's "Slaves," forever unfinished.


















Sitting on the giant head close to Les Halles, Paris' former market place, now a modern shopping complex, the majority of it under street level.

One of Jean Tinguely and Niki de St. Phalle's sculptures at the Stravinsky fountain, right next to...

...the Centre Pompidou, home to Paris' collection of modern art.















The view from the escalator, Eiffel Tower in the background.

la tour eiffel

One of the first things to learn is how to ride the Metro - it's easier than the New York Subway once you get the hang of it.

 Having reached our destination, we disembarked in front of...

 ...quite possibly the world's most recognizable monument. Local Parisians were nowhere to be found in the crowd of tourists that surrounded La Tour Eiffel, nonetheless a symbol of Paris for everyone.















The view from above, looking out at the Champ de Mars and the Tour Montparnasse, the only skyscraper allowed in the city center.

Grahame and Vanessa sitting on the steps of Sacre Coeur, Montmartre.

Dinner at Chartier, a former working-class haunt serving traditional classics like Boeuf Bourgignon, with a couple of my Parisian friends. The waiters are (in)famous for the gruffness and black and white outfits. Waiters in Paris are often careerists. They earn their living from salaries rather than tips.

At the Palais Royal: Grahame, Adriel, Tori, Eman, Julie, myself, Rusty, Vanessa, and Rachel in front.

arrival in Paris

Grahame, Adriel, Tori, Rusty, Eman, Rachel, Vanessa, and Julie arrived in Paris and, after a night in the hostel took a short walking tour of the city, starting at the I.M. Pei's glass pyramid entryway to the Louvre.

In the Tuileries, one of Louise Bourgeoise's giant "Maman" spider sculptures, like the one in front of the National Gallery in Ottawa, Canada.

...and one of several Statues of Liberty, this one in the Jardin du Luxembourg, on the Left Bank.