WALDEGRAVE IN PARIS! BY LUKE R, 13AMZ We celebrated our arrival in Paris with a trip to the Dior Museum. The beautifully designed exhibition took us through the life of Christian Dior, his (real-life!) designs displayed in rooms constructed to resemble dark forests or pastel gardens, a to-scale recreation of his atelier, his office, and his models’
We then arrived at the Assemblée Nationale a few minutes after our scheduled time and were told that we would not be let in, but could try again in an hour. After filling our time in the beautiful Jardin des Tuileries, we tried again and were let in for an amazing tour of the French Parliament and the history of each of its rooms, conducted entirely in French. Our lateness in fact turned out to be a stroke of luck; at the time we’d originally planned, there were no meetings actively happening, but by coming back an hour later, our visit coincided with the 3:00 Parliament meeting. This meant that we were able to sit in on a whole ten minutes of an actual French Parliament meeting on drug trafficking. This was truly a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity - thank you so much to Mr Bharadia and Ms Summers for making it possible!
changing room, and an actual live demonstration of a Dior bag being assembled. It was an unforgettable experience that was breath-taking enough to revive my five-year-old self’s dreams of becoming a fashion designer. The next morning, the Opéra Garnier, a true feat of Neo-Baroque architecture with its Corinthian columns, dark statues, golden chandeliers and plush red seats, seemed to constantly open into new corridors and sections like a Russian doll of beautiful rooms.
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