Paris part deux

Before we left Paris we went to see Notre Dame Cathedral, which was as beautiful and awe inspiring as I hoped. I stood in the light cast by one of the stained glass windows, lit a candle, gave an offering, and sent up a prayer for my departed loved ones and an easement of the suffering in the world.

I almost spat on the woman behind me who said to her companion "I am not going to light a candle, are you? You know you have to buy the candle right, it's 2 euros, I am not going to pay that". I would like to point out now that getting in was free, and the whole place was very obviously intended to still be a place of worship, there were roped off sections for people who came to pray instead of ogle, and they still hold mass. Way to be a crass American, too cheap to drop less than 5$ U.S. on a historical monument that you already stood in line to see, and then saying it out loud as if it makes you better than the people who would pay it. Do what you're going to do, but keep your stupid mouth shut about it. You are making the rest of us look bad. The 2 euros is an offering to the church and is stated to be voluntary, and I am pretty sure that that is fairly standard practice.

Anyway, stupid people aside, the next day we went to see the exhibition of the Studio Ghibli designs at the Art Ludique museum, and I was an aghast art student all over again, thoroughly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work and dedication that goes into the works and the ingenuity utilized to make the 2 dimensional world of animation come to life. Miyazaki states in a video that he wants to portray the world through the lens of human eyes, which is often fantastic and rarely technically accurate. I wanted to hug his adorable spectacled face through the screen when he said he doesn't like standard perspective lines, because they are boring.

Let's see.. also went to hoop by the Seine, and spotted the Parisian burners doing the same. No fire, but the gentleman with the contact staff had soot smears on his face, and we waved at eachother.

That's all I have for Paris, more updates from Miribel soon.  :)