- ronchamp roadtrip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>so we (julie, Pryia, Jen, Alice and I) decided to take a road trip out to one of le corbusier's most well known building and only church, notre dame de haut in ronchamp france. It was about a 5 hour drive. we awoke early and picked up the car at 9am. it was a manual, jen drove most of the time, with Pryia trading off. Alice and I gave it a shot too. We were crusing out way out out from paris, starting heading in the wrong direction and back to where we came from but just minor detours as we see it. The french landscape in the different regions was beautiful. it appeared like a patchwork quilt because of the division of croplines. we came across some mustard crops. the church was amazing, especially the interior accented light and cold bare stature of the building. I really felt that I was in a place to worship and pray...not like gothic cathedrals where the building I think distracts the attender with its busy decor. we drove to dijon for dinner. I did have mustard. sorry. and then we went to paris to experience the city at a fast speed. see normally we just walk. and well once time we tried backs but to be in a vehicle and to learn paris through a car was an obstacle. let me just say that the roundabouts are insane! especially place de la concorde. and then we drove down champs-elyssee. that was amazing, to be traveling down the axial line of the louvre, arc de triomphe and la defense was surreal. so when in a european city, rent a car one day...see the city from the cinematic speed.
shandar | 8:57 PM
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