Villa D' Este

Southern Italy Continued

Southern Italy

Project Two

Pictures from Paris

Eiffel Tower

Musee De Quai Branly

Green Wall

Staircase Inside the Louvre

Interior of Notre Dame

Notre Dame

Paris

Paris was such a great city to study architecture in. Definitely a good break from Rome to see some more modern buildings and redeveloping areas. Stanley toured us around for the week while we visited different types of buildings and sketched quite a bit. We saw some gothic architecture, such as Notre Dame, and then moved on to modern buildings as well as green spaces. The Eiffel Tower at night was on of my favorite sites to see. Unfortunately we did not get a chance to go up the tower but thats always a reason to go back. I think out of all the buildings the Musee De Quai Branly was one of my favorites. I loved the green wall out in front as well as the protruding boxes from the side facade. It was interesting to explore Paris and see all the uses of parks and gardens scattered throughout the city.

Spring Break

For spring break Stash, Ryan, and I went to Ireland and London. We spent the first night in Limerick, Ireland then moved on to Cork for the day. Cork was amazing, they had a lot of interesting architecture that sort of came to a surprise to us. We spent the day walking through the shops off of the main street as well as visiting a few cathedrals throughout the center of town. Next we moved on to Killarney where we spent two night. Killarney was a really cute little town with a great city center. The national park was located right next to our hostel, right off the city center. We spent a full day in the park riding bikes and exploring the landscape. The following two nights we spent in Galway, which was one of my favorite cities on the trip. During the day Stash and I took a tour of the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren. The tour was amazing and we saw so much throughout the day. The Cliffs were unbelievable- we spent about two hours there taking pictures. After Ireland we moved on to London for two nights and just one full day. We spent the day taking a tour to the Cliffs of Dover, Leeds Castle, and Canterbury Cathedral. Canterbury was the most beautiful cathedral I've been in, definitely very impressive on the interior. That night we wandered around London seeing all the major sights- Big Ben, Parliament, and a few others before heading back to the airport. Definitely a fun trip! I cant wait to go back to Ireland at some point.