The (Phantom of the) Opera.

Today after class I went over to the Opera that the metro "Opera" is named after. I have walked past this building a hundred times for school but I never thought about it until Kaitlyn came to visit and she brought it up as wanting to go see it. We didn't go in together while she was here because five euros was way too much when we could get into the Louvre for free. But today, thanks to my au pair mom who gave me her old ticket, I was able to go explore.

The Opera is the same that the "Phantom of the Opera" was based on, and the movie was actually filmed there. I didn't realize this until I got home and looked up a couple of songs on YouTube to listen to while I was editing the photos of the day. This morning I was also coincidentally reading the National Geographic article my Grandparents sent me about the Parisien underground tunnels and vaults. In the article it actually mentioned that, like in the movie, there is an under ground lake beneath the Opera Garnier that the Pompier (Firemen) use to practice dive missions and that the caretakers are actually raising fish in. It was one of the quarries that filled up with water. So in addition to seeing a gorgeous building, I accidentally ended up learning a lot about it. It was such a beautiful building inside and out and walking through you could just picture the Masquerade, with the ball gowns, masks and music flooding the halls.

I guess I will just leave it up to the photos. I have more if you care to see. But less is more.

 

 

 

Miss Patriotism/REP... I am looking at you for this one.