Just arrived in London from Paris. Paris was amazing! Sorry for not commenting en route, after two 9-hour days walking around town, I'm beat! If you haven't checked out the pictures on my picassa album yet (and not all the pictures are uploaded, sorry) you should. I've taken over 1300 in Paris alone!!! There are some great ones from L'Institue de Monde Arabe (novel), Ste. Chapelle (damn, forgot my arch history already...), La Villete Park (Tschumi et all), and many more. Check it, there's quite a variety.
This morning I took the Eurostar across the channel - what a nice ride! Well, minus the whole wake up at 5.30hr thing. Anyways, St Pancras Station is probably my new favorite reuse building. Between the old brick, the oxidized original trusses, and a beautiful array of new spider-mullion glazing, this building is SO awesome! The semi-venetian ( or perhaps moorish?) arches are just beautiful. After taking two SUPER crowded tube rides (the piccidily line was partially closed due to a worker strike, gotta love Europe) I made it to my uncle and my grandmother's flat across from Kensington Gardens. I'll be headed to St. Pauls for lunch with my uncle, so plenty of Wren pictures to come. Perhaps some Indigo Jones as well?
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