Phil infront of the Pantheon. This angle doesn't quite do the dome justice.

Phil inside the Pantheon. The statue says "Vivre libre ou mourir" (Live free or die). Phil said the Pantheon was one of the highlights of his visit.

Phil and I infront of Sacre Coeur after Christmas Mass

Notre Dame at night

Phil and l'Arc de Triomphe

Artistic upshot of the inside of the Pyramid

Liberty Leading the People

Phil and the Venus de Millo

Me and the Venus de Millo

Apollo's gallery of the Louvre where some crown jewels are located.

Ceiling of some random room of the Louvre.

Me and Winged Victory inside the Louvre

Phil, me and Winged Victory

Phil and me infront of the Louvre

Phil and me infront of the Pyramid

Phil infront of the Pyramid de Louvre.

Phil and I went out to a real French dinner. My first one since arriving in France. Phil, however, thought ordering saurkraut at a French place would be an awesome idea. At least my steak au poivre was delish.

Phil and le Centre Pompidou. Oh that modern art...

Me and Phil and the Eiffel Tower

View from above of the ice skating rink on the Eiffel Tower.

Eiffel Tower twinkiling at night

Phil and the Eiffel Tower at night

The Eiffel Tower as seen from the steps. Aren't I artistic?

More Eiffel Tower

View of the Siene from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Phil and the Trocadero

Us on top of the Eiffel Tower again.

View of the Trocadero from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Phil and me at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

City Hall where the Nobel prize ceremony takes place. Not so neato looking on the outside but there is a nice courtyard and is rather lovely inside.

View of Stockholm from Skansen

Ilaria and myself with a bit too much flash in Skansen

Ilaria, Kristen, Philippe and myself at the entrance to Skansen a big open air museum/market/zoo

Philippe infront of a very festive Stockholm street.

Me and a view of Stockholm from of the islands farther away from the center of the city.

Ilaria, Philippe and myself standing before a rather festive street in the Old Town.

Changing of the guard at the Royal Palace

Thursday night Ilaria, Philippe, Kristen and myself left for the wonderful city of Stockholm, Sweden. "Why go to a nordic country in the winter?" you ask. I answer, "why not? Plus it is really cheap" So to Stockholm we went celebrating our first holiday from Sciences-Po. This here is just some random Swedish building. Looks nice, though.

Rue de Rovoli all Christmas-y!

Another group shot on the ice.

Shoot of the whole ice rink

Paul, me, Ilaria, Kurt and Krystal with Hotel de Ville in the background.

Krystal, me and Ilaria iceskating at Hotel de Ville.

Tom on the Champs-Elysees with Christmas lights. This right after the best collection of impressionism ever?!?! I was the happiest of all the campers.

Le grand palais. This is where Tom and I went to see the Turner, Whistler, Monet exhibit which was the most stupendous thing I think I have ever seen in my life. Impressionism everywhere. I was one happy camper.

Today I went for a walk between Belleville and Republique. The halfway point is l'Hopital St. Louis which was built in the 1700's to take care of plaque victims. It is still a functioning hospital. Crazy! This in the courtyard i nthe middle of the old hospital.

Outside of the really old hosptial.

Sunday I went to the Centre Pompidou with Philippe as the first Sunday of the month all the museums are free.