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1. Paris. A 3 Month Photo Journey.
2 years ago
All of the photos I have from Paris, taken during the 3 months I spent studying abroad in the city of lights. The song is the Aeroplane Remix of 'Paris' by the Friendly Fires .

Please ask me if you have questions about specific locations! I had to cut out a lot of side trips (Auvers-sur-Oise, Fontainebleau, Chambord, Normandy, Strasbourg, all of Spring Break--South of France), but I may include these in future videos.

All of the locations are centered around Paris and some of its suburbs, also included is Versailles (since its an incredibly popular destination). Here are some of the places I visited.

[0-1min]
Cite Universitaire/Dorms, Montmartre, Sacre Coeur, Pigalle, St. Michel-Notre Dame, Notre Dame, La Tour Eiffel, Luxembourg Gardens

[1-2min]
6eme Arr, Musee d'Orsay, Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF), Pantheon, More 6eme and wandering, Opera (Lady Macbeth de Mzensk), Hotel de Ville, The Seine, LOUVRE (Combined photos from numerous trips)

[2-3min]
Breakfast in America Diner (went there for Obama's Inauguration), Les Invalides, Musée de l'Armée, Napoleon's Tomb, WWII Museum, Centre Pompidou, Cathedral of Saint Denis, Marche aux Puces (Flea Market) at Porte de Vanves, Manif (Protest for Palestinian freedom -- happened upon it one day)

[3-4min]
Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Rodin Museum (The Thinker), Shakespeare & Co (in the 6eme), Musee Cluny (Medieval Museum), Class excursions, wandering around tons of different neighborhoods, Le Marais, Place des Vosges, Chinatown.

[4-5min]
Marche Aux Puces (Clingancourt), Petit Palais , Place de la Concorde, Hausmannian Blvds, Galeries Lafayette, Institute Marie Curie, Bibiliotheque Saint-Genevieve, VERSAILLES

[5-6min]
Wandering, Marais, Musee Carnavalet (History of Paris), Promenade Plantee (elevated viaduct park), More wanderings, Ecole de Beaux Arts, BnF/Chicago campus, Absinthe Tasting, La DEFENSE, Parisian suburbs/Eastern, Mt Valerien, Stade de France (Football match)

[6-fin] Jardin de Luxembourg, Eiffel Tower, Wandering the 13/14eme, Petit Ceinture, Chocolat Chaud at Les Deux Magots, CATACOMBS, Bicycling along the Seine, Rue Mouffetard, Last day -- ascent to the top of la Tour Eiffel

Read more about the trip at agnesinpairs.tumblr.com

Please let me know what I could do to improve the photo, especially with pacing, photo cropping! I will definitely be uploading a second version in the future.
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