Fountain in front of Palais des Beaux ArtsToday is the last day of the European Heritage Days or Les Journées européennes du Patrimoine.
I was part of the 27th annual celebration of Europe's cultural patrimony this weekend. Every third week of September, more than 12 million people take advantage of the free guided tours, exhibitions and performances across Europe. I walked for about six hours yesterday en découvrant Lille and visited le zoo, le Palais des Beaux Arts et l'Odéon, musée de la musique.
Granted the zoo is always free and about five minutes walking-distance from my apartment, I still went. I not only had a guided tour with it but was given a souvenir--a piece of le poil d'alpaga, alpaca's wool. Yes, the farm animal's natural fiber... I thought it odd too.
Here I am asking the guide, "Qu'est-ce que c'est?", what is it?
Then, I asked her exactly, what I would do with it haha I hope it was not impoli of me. I decided it was time to leave and explore Le Palais de Beaux Arts de Lille.
Once inside, I took part of an art activity using color chalk. I drew and colored a platter of vibrant vegetables that was on a stool in front of me. Well... the tomatoes I improvised haha
While I worked happily on my masterpiece along les enfants, I interviewed the artist in charge of the activity during the patrimoine and also made a petite friend.
Here is a short video of my drawing and interview with Vincent:
Hi Gitzel,
ReplyDeleteWow not only do you look photo worthy fabulous as usual, you also draw fabulously! How many talents do you have?! I think God has provided you disproportionately with more talent than most! Hmm lets see, photographer, muli-lingual, culinary, news anchor, model, etc etc! Any man would be lucky to have you on their arm ;) Except that they wouldn't feel as worthy with all your talents!!
Oh and thank you for this comment-- you boosted my confidence a bit lol I definitely take advantage of what I can do, and I think everyone should too! For example, you. You have a stable job, but you still sing, play sports, crack jokes, cook on the side (well attempt but still lol), and you travel when you can! So... everyone should develop their talents to share with everyone else!! =]
ReplyDeleteok, nadamas dejas a la gente con la curiosidad....no dijiste para k era ese estropajo looking thing, k vendia la seniora??? hahaha
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