For those of you who may be curious, my rotation schedule looks like this:
June: Cookeville Regional Medical Center for Internal Medicine (check)
July: Sumner Regional Medical Center for Advanced Institutional Pharmacy (check)
August: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (in-progress)
September: Publix in Cool Springs for Community Practice
October: Vanderbilt for Clinical Management
November: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
December: break!!
January: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital for general pediatric pharmacy
February: ambulatory care coagulation (Coumadin) clinic through Vanderbilt
March: Cookeville Regional for Critical Care
April: Cookeville Regional for Nutrition
May 4, 2013...GRADUATION!! Hallelujah!
Anyway, back to France...
Day 6: One of our favorite days, for sure. Our first stop was the Musee d'Orsay, which is an art museum. We actually liked it better than the Louvre, since there were less people, it was quieter, and you couldn't take pictures of the art (which made the traffic flow inside much more reasonable). We liked the art better, too - we saw paintings by artists such as Monet and Van Gogh! We did get these pictures of the clock, which was cool because we had just watched Hugo the night before and it's in the movie :)
We stayed at the museum til after lunch, then walked along the Seine to Sainte-Chapelle.
Sainte-Chapelle was built in the 1200's, and the stained glass was absolutely breathtaking.
We had an AMAZING dinner at a little place close to the Eiffel Tower called Au Petit Sud-Ouest.
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| A toaster on each table for the bead...fun! |
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| Patrick had duck confit, and I had a duck braised in a cherry sauce |
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| We liked it. |
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| If you are looking for a great place to eat in Paris, here you go! |
After dinner, we walked over to the Eiffel Tower and enjoyed the view. Beautiful!
Day 7: Travel day...not very exciting. We took a train from Paris to Bordeaux, which is about a 3.5 hour trip. Our hotel was super nice (much bigger than the one in Paris!), and we looooved the city of Bordeaux. It's such a pretty, relaxing place!
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| We loved this reflection pool by the river |
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| The beautiful city of Bordeaux |
Day 8: We toured the St. Emilion region of Bordeaux wine country. It was super interesting to learn about the whole process of wine-making. I know this is so naive of me, but I had no idea how much time and effort it takes! We learned about the importance of the soil, the "berry" (grape), and the aging process. We also saw some gorgeous country-side along the way, and enjoyed a visit to the ancient little town of St. Emilion, which was so beautiful.
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| The first chateau that we visited |
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| Beautiful poppies everywhere! Make me think of my momma :) |
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| The vineyards |
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| Stainless steel vats |
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| At the basilica in St. Emilion - would be a beautiful place for a wedding! |
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| St. Emilion |
Day 9: We took a tour of the historical section of Bordeaux this morning, and learned about how the city has grown and changed. We then traveled to the Medoc region of Bordeaux wine country, and visited 2 more chateaus that were again absolutely gorgeous.
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| At one of the chateaus, the owner liked to collect cast-iron oven doors |
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Roses are often seen growing in vineyards because they are delicate and will forewarn if something like a pest or problem with the soil will affect the grapes.
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| Lovely! |
Days 10 and 11: traveling back to the good ole US of A! :)
Whew! Now that we're back home from our trip, and through the crazy month of June (during which I was living with my parents to drive to Cookeville every day, and Patrick was gone most of the month for work)...we're FINALLY back to working on our house and have some pretty exciting stuff going on! Well, that is if you get excited by home improvement (which we do). Yay!
Fun pics. We've been to Bordeaux - it's a.m.a.z.i.n.g. Can't wait to hang out. Soon?
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