Thursday, March 19, 2009

Have I ever....

So in light of all the “Have You Ever…?” surveys that have been surfacing on blogs and on Facebook, I decided to make a “Have I Ever…?” survey of my own. However, this one will be rather different. Instead of a checklist of random things, this one will be of all the things I should and want to do in France/Europe before I leave. If anyone has any additions to my list, do tell! I’m sure that there’ll be plenty that I’ve missed and should do or see.
- (x) the Louvre
- (x) Notre Dame
- (x) Sainte Chapelle
- (x) La Sorbonne
- (x) Shakespeare and Co
- (x) Le Pantheon
- (x) Le Jardin des Plantes: I'm sure this will look better once there's actually blooming plants and not mounds of dirt all around
- (x) Le Palais du Luxembourg
- (x) Le Centre Georges Pompidou
- La place des Vosges
- Le musée Picaso
- (x) La Bastille
- (x) Le Jardin des Tuileries
- Le Palais-Royal
- (x) La place de la Concorde
- (x) L’avenue des Champs-Élysées
- Le Grand et le Petit Palais
- (x) L’Arc de Triumph
- La place Vendôme
- L’Opéra
- (x) La tour Eiffel
- (x) Le Champs de Mars
- L’Assemblée Nationale
- Les Invalides
- (x) Le musée Rodin
- (x) Le musée d’Orsay
- (x) Le Sacré-Coeur
- La Défense
- (x) Les marches aux puces
- (x) Statue de la Liberté
- (x) Liberty’s Flame (Diana Remembered)
- Parc Monceau
- (x) Cimetière du Père Lachaise: wow... and so easy to get lost here...
- Bibliothèque Nationale
- Chinatown/Belleville
- (x) Macaron tour
- Salsa dance encore
- (x) Mont St-Michel
- (x) Strasbourg Cathedral
- (x) Normandy War Memorials
- Champagne tasting
- (x) Wine tasting
- (x) Amiens Cathedral
- Learn to cook French dishes
- Listen to Notre-Dame’s bells on Sunday
- (x) Rent a Vélib in Paris
- (x) Buy food from the open air markets
- Château hopping: [x] Versailles, [x] Chenonceau, [x] Chantilly, [x] Compiegne, [x] Caen, [x] Vincennes, Pierrefonds/Compiegne (where WWI and WWII Armistice treaties were signed), [x] Chambord, Fontainebleau (royal hunting grounds for French kings), [x] Cheverny, [x] Amboise,
- (x) Loire valley
- Visit south of France, beaches
- Enjoy cheese/bread/wine/food
- Fontenay Abbey
- See lavender fields
- Corsica
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wow.. that got long fast!

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