- This past weekend I traveled to lorie valley with my classmates. I hosteled it up with a girl named Tiffany, shes fun, so it was my first time having a roommate since I have been here. We traveled to three different chateaus; clos luce (where davinci spent his last years of life so it acted as a museum of his inventions) azay le rideau, which was a special home for king francois the first. It was a smaller chateau with a beautiful exterior. We also spent half a day at Chambord, a large hunting chateau for francois and Henry the Fourth. This Chateau was surrounded by forest, I produced a pretty good sketch there. Besides the chateaus we saw two cathedrals. Because of all of the cathedrals that I have seen I make quirky notes like "odd organ player practicing during our visit...or acts as a training park for young skateboarders" I saw some contemporary buildings however, such as the vinci convention center in Tours by Jean Nouvel, a top designer today. The building had a cantilevered curve over a large public outside space. below the curve was a glass box with lights, upon noting the lights I came back st night to see the building lit up, the florescents were multicolor, I was a bit bummed by its result. The cathedral in Tours lit up at night was more impressive. They casted a blue light along the left side, with the whole building lit up in bright white, the result was astonishing. For fun, almost the whole group went out to a nearby bar in Tours known as sherlock holmes. After some point (maybe the point when people felt they drank enuf) everyone started to dance. I danced a little. I danced more when they randomly threw these glow sticks out to us...so i raved it up...i was told I was "impressive" but that was from a guy who drank a lot. People ( i will leave unnamed but yes from UIC) were getting up on tables and dancing with random french girls. I got a few pictures. What a fun night it was, in Tours, a more livelier city than Versailles.
shandar | 12:30 PM
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