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My Paris Video for The Invention of Hugo Cabret

jackie February 19, 2010 Children's Books, Interwebs, Teaching, Travel 3rd grade, books, Children's Books, hugo cabret, library class, paris, Teaching, Travel

I finally showed this 3 minute video to all my 3rd graders this week. Adam filmed this video of me while we were wandering around Montparnasse on New Year’s Eve, and I meant to show it to the kids at the beginning of January. I’ve been reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret with them since Thanksgiving. But then I got sick, then I had to catch up, then we had snow days. So this week I showed it to all of my 3rd grade classes, and it was a big hit. It took 15 minutes to watch the video because we paused it a lot so they could ask questions.

A New Year’s Video

jackie January 4, 2010 Events and Celebrations, Travel holidays, new year's, paris, Travel, videos

I’ve been sorting through the videos I filmed in Paris. All I can say is, I have missed the speed of our internet here at home. Thirty seconds to upload a video that took 45 minutes at the hotel in Paris. W00t!

Travelogue: Paris, Day 4 and Happy New Year!

jackie December 31, 2009 Events and Celebrations, Food, Shopping, Teaching, Thoughts, Travel adventures, events, holidays, library class, new year's, paris, restaurants, Shopping, Teaching, Travel

Happy New Year! It’s 1:30 am here, but I keep this blogging-every-day thing on EST.

We spent the day at Montparnasse. I shot some little videos at the old and new train station and the cemetary so that my students could see where The Invention of Hugo Cabret takes place. I’m reading it with the 3rd graders from now until…whenever we finish it! Then we wandered around the area, debating whether to get on the very long line for the Catacombs. We did not.

Travelogue: Paris, Day 3

jackie December 30, 2009 Art, Food, Travel adventures, Art, Entertainment, museums, paris, Travel

Me outside the Louvre.

A short video of what we saw.

But before noodles…

La Bibliothèque nationale de France. We swung by on our way to noodles. Most of the books are in a new, modern building now. But this is the original.

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Travelogue: Paris, Day 2

jackie December 29, 2009 Art, Food, Thoughts, Travel adventures, Food, paris, restaurants, Travel

We had a rough start to the day, but it was still so much fun. It was pouring rain and in the 50s, which was inconvenient since Adam and I had heavy, too-hot winter coats and no umbrellas. Almost all the museums in Paris are closed on Tuesdays, so we tried and failed to go to the Centre Pompidou. Adam’s stepfather thought it would be open, but when we arrived it wasn’t. But it’s an incredibly cool building. I don’t even need to go back to see the inside, the outside was enough for me.

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Travelogue: Paris, Day 1

jackie December 28, 2009 Food, Travel paris, restaurants, Travel

We took the Eurostar from London to Paris today and arrived in the city a little after 4pm. By the time we got to our hotel and got settled, we didn’t have time to do much besides dinner. And oh, what a dinner. A 3-hour extravaganza of pate en terrine, steak frites, cheeses, creme caramel, and lots and lots of wine. For 32 Euros, which was beyond a good price. And everything was delicious, it was the best start to this trip. My tongue even felt looser and more in control of the French pronunciation by the end of the meal. It was at Brasserie l’Europeen right across from Gare de Lyon. It was a price fix menu that was well worth it. So good!

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It’s Official…We’re Going to Paris!

jackie October 11, 2009 Grownup Books, Travel books, holidays, in-laws, paris, Travel, travel books

We travel a lot. Really, I understand how extraordinarily fortunate we are to have been all around the world. We’ve been to some amazing places all around the world, but I have never been to Paris. Adam has been several times growing up (one of the many perks of being English). And we’ve been trying to go for years, but we were never quite able to manage it. Too expensive, too out of the way, too many days added on to a trip.

European Vacation

jackie May 20, 2009 Crafts, Grownup Books, Shopping, Thoughts, Travel booklists, books, Grownup Books, paris, Travel

So it’s looking like a done deal that Adam and I will be going to Paris for a few days in late July, then on to meet his family for a week’s vacation in Hungary and Vienna. We’re going to the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix, which I’m over the moon about. Vienna will be amazing. All these cities (and countries, for that matter) are new to me, so I’m ticking off more places on my lifelong To Visit list.

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