Château de Chantilly

I went here with the international club at Ieseg (my school)... I didn't want to go but I didn't have anything else to do... plus a couple people (one of which didn't show up) seemed like they wanted me to come. I spent the majority of the day with Maria, a girl from Estonia. She's pretty nice and doesn't seem to be compelled to talk non-stop... so I felt pretty comfortable around her.

This castle was completely destroyed during the Revolution. Having said that, isn't it amazing that you can still see it? Somebody decided to rebuild the thing. And that is about all I remember about this castle. It was nice. I'm a little disappointed though, they had a kangaroo farm there and I didn't get to see it. I didn't realize it was there until it was too late. They also had a horse museum (or something of that sort) with real horses.





It was pretty neat as it had water surrounding the whole castle. It was built on a rock.
















I think this is where the stables were.

























































The initials of the owner: Henri d'Orleans.

















I just have to say that I love this picture... it is by far the coolest one I took at this place.

A Dry New Years

I WANT YOU...

to have a Happy New Year...

I think it's apparent that this blog brings out embarrassingly new levels of cheesiness in me. I don't quite know what to do about it.

Anyhow, for those of you that don't know, Georgia has a wonderful law that doesn't allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays. Because of my poor planning, I didn't make the connection that New Year's Eve was on a Sunday this year and we had nothing to drink for this celebration. It was a dry party. So make note of the lack of cups and alcoholic beverages in all these pictures. I did, however, go to Target and buy "A Party in a Box" for twelve people. Well, there was only five of us...so we had double the fun... with no alcohol and no food.

Look at the stuff all over the place, clearly it was a wild party.











Me, Johannah, and Emily










They look drunk, but they're perfectly sober.

















There is simply no excuse for such behavior.


























Lindy Lou, my parents dog, is the only one that maintained her composure. This was her first new years... it was also the first time she had to go up and down a set of stairs... which was pretty humerous.







Just a little side-note:
I leave in two days for France... and I still don't have my visa... I'm freaking out!!!