Today we got to leave Paris and go to Rouen and Bayeux. It was about a 2 hour drive to get to the Rouen Cathedral in the town of Rouen. It is one of the first examples of gothic architecture. It was a blizzard on the way there so we couldn't really see the countryside. We learned from our tour guide about how this cathedral is backwards on the outside. Normal old testament people were on the left and new testament on the right but this one is backwards by accident. This is also famous because Claude Monet did 28 paintings of the Cathedral in different lights. We learned about how the statues on the outside are no longer originals. The weather was destroying them so they made casts and theses are the originals that are now inside. They used to be black from pollution. Most of the glass got broken by WWII. They didn't take it all out like Saint Chapelle did so most of it is from the 1960's or wasn't replaced like here in this photo that just has regular glass. Its too bad that a lot was broken since some of it was from the 12th and 15th century. During the war 4 bombs were dropped right on the Cathedral and destroyed almost all the right side but two posts which somehow held all the weight of that side. So the right side is all rebuilt but you can't tell. Also it originally was all painted in bight colors but has faded over time and only in a few spots could you see that there was any colors left. The black is all dirt and pollution if I'm correct. Also in a lot of the exterior figures have no heads because during the holy war they had the heads broken off. It started to really snow after we got outside. It is so cold!! We are miserable outside. For a while it had the highest steeple but they made it out of medal rods so it caught on fire a lot. We then got back on the bus for 1 and half hours and when to Bayeux to see the tapestry. We weren't suppose to take photos of the tapestry to heres the only one I got. It was huge and made for the people since they couldn't read. We then just followed the professor to a random cathedral in Bayeux it was like completely empty. There was no works or other people. Here are the crypts under the cathedral in Bayeux. It was dark and said no flash so sorry. Pretty much everywhere says no flash. We then went to the hotel for tonight.
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Links to all the days 1/20 - Salt Lake City to Paris 1/21 - Eiffel Tower, Arche De Triomphe 1/22 - The Louvre, Notre Dame 1/23 - Musee d'Orsay 1/24 - Musee Rodin, Pantheon, Saint Chapelle, Conciergerie, Louvre, and Musee National De L'Orangerie 1/25 - Picasso Musee, the Pompidou, and Notre Dame 1/26 - Versailles, Paris Temple, and the Opera 1/27 - Top of the Arche De Triomphe 1/28 - Church 1/29 - Le Procope and Sacre Coeur 1/30 - Pere Lachaise Cemetery 1/31 - Homework Day 2/1 - The Catacombs, Shakespeare and Co. and Street Artists 2/2 - Natural History Museum 2/3 - Homework and Organ Recital 2/4 - Church 2/5 - Rouen Cathedral/Museum and Bayeux Tapestry 2/6 - D-Day sites (Normandy) and Mont Saint Michel 2/7 - Chartres Cathedral 2/8 - Disneyland Paris 2/9 - Petit Palace and Ballet 2/10 - Flight to Rome 2/11 - Church, Walk, And Saint Peter's Basilica 2/12 - Capitoline Museum, Ponte Saint Angelo, and Panteon 2/13 - San Pietro in Vincoli, Forum, Palatine & Coliseum and Imperial Fori 2/14 - Priscilla Catacombs, Piazza del Popolo, Masoleum of Augustus & Ara Pacis 2/15 - Santa Pudenziana, St. Maria Maggoire, Santa Prassede, S. Martino ai Monti, Baths of Trajan and Domus Aurea 2/16 - Free day to Tivoli : Villa d'Este 2/17 - Homework, Homework, Homework and Gelato! 2/18 - Church, more Gelato and Pizza! 2/19 - Santa Maria in Trastevere, San Frencesco a Ripa, Aventine Hill, Santa Sabina, Santa Maria in Cosmed, Temples of Hercules & Portunus 2/20 - Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilicia 2/21 - Free Day 2/22 - Florence Trip: Orvieto, Duomo, San Brizio Chapel, San Lorenzo, Baptistry, San Lorenzo, Medici Chapel 2/23 - Santa Trinita, San Marco, Uffizi Museum, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo 2/24 - Back to St. Johns, Palazzo Ruccellai, Orsanmichelle, Bargello Museum, Brancacci Chapel 2/25 - Church 2/26 - Baroque Rome Bernini and Borromini Churches: Santa Maria Degli Angeli, Santa Maria Degil Vittoria, Santa Susanna, San Carlino, Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Trevi Fountain 2/27 - San Giovanni Dei Fiorentini, Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo Spada, Farnesina, Tiempietto 2/28 - Villa Borghese and Review Session 3/1 - Sant’Agostino San Luigi dei Francesi, St. Mary & the Martyrs, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Sant’Ignazio, Il’Gesu, Sant’ Andrea d. Valle, La Sapienza, Chiesa Nouvo, Santa Agnes in Agone Foutain of Four Rivers, St. Maria della Pace, and St. Peter’s Basilicia 3/2 - Group Dinner (Finals and packing) 3/3 - Flight to London, Unpacking, and First London Walk 3/4 - Church and Homework 3/5 - First day of class, London Walk 3/6 - St. Pauls and Guildhall 3/7 - Tower of London, Primark (aka Heaven) 3/8 - Southwark Cathedral, Borough Market, South of Thymes walk 3/9 - Do Your Own Thing, HAHAHAHAH JK. Homework :-() 3/10 - Canterbury Cathedral, Dover Castles and War Tunnels 3/11 - Church 3/12 - Sick 3/13 - British Library, British Museum, and The Magna Carta 3/14 - Winsdor Castle and Mcdonalds 3/15 - Hampton Court and Ben's Cookies 3/16 - Jane Austen House, Bath, Roman Baths, Stonehenge 3/17 - Do Your Own Thing , but like not really because you have so much homework 3/18 - Church Categories |