Leaving Phoenix
27. mai 2015, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Heading to Paris
27. mai 2015, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
41 minute connection for an international flight. I made it, hope my bag does. I had the window, the aisle seat next to me was empty...made an 8 hour flight much nicer.
Landed in Paris
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bag made it too. Now to figure out the Metro.
Hotel de Grands Homme
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Home base in Paris, right at the Pantheon.
Note Dame
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I got here so early in the morning there was no chance my room would be ready. So I decided to walk. Headed north up to Notre Dame and Pont Neuf.
Musee de Louvre
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
On to the Louvre. Beautiful surroundings, but the estimated 3 hour wait to get in the main entrance meant no Mona Lisa for me. I kept walking...headed to the northwest from here.
Av. des Champs-Elysees
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I feel so cosmopolitan! Also imagining de Gaulle returning to Paris after liberation.
Arc de Triomphe
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
It's been a long walk so far. The Eiffel Tower looks close enough, might as well check that box if I've gone this far already.
Tour Eiffel
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The French Open Tennis ball suspended in the tower took something away from the experience. But it's still a lot more impressive than the one at King's Dominion.
Luxembourg Gardens
28. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Paris is full of beautiful Gardens and this is a famous one right by my hotel. I'm about walked-out by this point. I was not smart and have been lugging my carry-on this whole time after only checkingLes mer
Chateau Versailles
29. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Because I knocked out the main tourist spots on Thursday I figured I'd check out Versailles and Roland Garros on Friday. Turns out you can't get walk-up tickets for the tennis so I spent the day atLes mer
Memorial de Caen
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Saturday is the trip to Normandy. It's a 2.5+ hour bus ride each way and 14 hours total. Caen is home to a really impressive museum covering the pre-WW2 situation in Europe, the invasion at NormandyLes mer
Pointe du Hoc
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A team of 200 Rangers climbed the cliffs here to take out 6 heavy guns that could reach Utah and Omaha beaches. The Germans had moved the guns back into an orchard to save them but the Rangers foundLes mer
Omaha Beach D-Day Memorial
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Impossible to imagine what the American soldiers faced crossing this beach and looking up at the cliffs above. Omaha was the toughest landing spot.
Normandy American Cemetery
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Over 9000 Americans are buried here, one of many American cemeteries in France. Can't really attempt to describe it in just a few words.
Croix de Lorraine
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Site of de Gaulle's return from exile after D-Day. Part of Juno Beach.
Juno Beach
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Canadian landing site, much flatter spot than the Americans had.
Paris, Île-de-France
30. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Evening after the Normandy tour, walking back to the hotel.
Capitolium (Capital Square)
31. mai 2015, Frankrike ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This is basically the mayor's office, the central square of historical, "old" Toulouse.
Toulouse Business School
1. juni 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Toulouse walking tour
1. juni 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Guided tour of the city center. The big church dates from the 12th century.
Toulouse class day #2
2. juni 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The school is on the site of an old military barracks. New buildings surround the old parade square; a nice park separates it from our hotel.
Chateau Bellevue La Foret
2. juni 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Wine tasting at a nice little place outside of the city.
TBS day #3
3. juni 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Nothing exciting today, just class- "international market risk and the threat to portfolio valuation." I had to present on the collapse of NatWest Markets back in 2000.
TBS day #4
4. juni 2015, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Just walking to class after lunch. It's so nice and green here.