Friday, October 17, 2008

I knew libraries were cool, but this is something else!

Am pretty proud of myself today because I actually got a good amount of work done by getting off my butt and going to la Bibliothéque de la Part Dieu -- the biggest municipal library in Lyon. Turns out you've got to have all sorts of paperwork to get a library card, so I just hung out there and read up on Courbet, who I have to write a paper on in my Art History class.

While the architecture of the whole Part Dieu complex is pretty horrid, the inside of the library is cool. They have a gallery/exhibition space that's really open and bright and a nifty little café right in the lobby where I had a delicious lyonnais salad. Also picked up a ton of brochures about stuff going on in Lyon, which should come in handy.

I'm in this weird place where I don't know exactly what to do with myself at the moment -- I didn't get invited to go out tonight by anyone, so I'm just kind of lounging around at home. Hopefully someone will organize something for tomorrow because I'm not sure I like this feeling of having nothing to do.

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