Leaving Phoenix
2015年5月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Heading to Paris
2015年5月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 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
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bag made it too. Now to figure out the Metro.
Hotel de Grands Homme
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Home base in Paris, right at the Pantheon.
Note Dame
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I feel so cosmopolitan! Also imagining de Gaulle returning to Paris after liberation.
Arc de Triomphe
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 checkingもっと詳しく
Chateau Versailles
2015年5月29日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 atもっと詳しく
Memorial de Caen
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 Normandyもっと詳しく
Pointe du Hoc
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 foundもっと詳しく
Omaha Beach D-Day Memorial
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Site of de Gaulle's return from exile after D-Day. Part of Juno Beach.
Juno Beach
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Canadian landing site, much flatter spot than the Americans had.
Paris, Île-de-France
2015年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Evening after the Normandy tour, walking back to the hotel.
Capitolium (Capital Square)
2015年5月31日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This is basically the mayor's office, the central square of historical, "old" Toulouse.
Toulouse Business School
2015年6月1日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Toulouse walking tour
2015年6月1日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Guided tour of the city center. The big church dates from the 12th century.
Toulouse class day #2
2015年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2015年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Wine tasting at a nice little place outside of the city.
TBS day #3
2015年6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 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
2015年6月4日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Just walking to class after lunch. It's so nice and green here.