The other day I went to the Musée Jules Verne. It was pretty cool. Even if you haven't read any of his work it would be a good idea to go and see. It was really cheap (only 1.50 Euros if you have a student card.) The only problem was that it was rather far from the center of the city. But normal people take trains. I however walk. It's only about a mile, and you get to walk through a lot of interesting things on the way. Especially if you walk by the river like I did. (That's the Loire River mind you.)
Born in Nantes he was a pioneer of the science fiction genre in Europe. He was born in a house on a refurbished sand bar in 1828, and from there he could see all the boats leave the harbors to their exotic destinations This is probably what drove his passion for discovery. That passion is written about in many of his books.
If you haven't read any of his books, I'm sure you've heard of them.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and A Journey to the Center of the Earth are two of his more famous books. But he wrote fifty five books most of which are included in a larger book Voyages Extraordinaires. All of his works interesting and have something to do with travel, which was a big part of the world that he lived in.
He also wrote Around the World in Eighty Days, which has been turned into many movies and films, and even a Mickey Mouse special. It's a really good book and I highly recommend it.
Overall I liked the Museum. It had tons of things to look at, and all of the drawings were
really beautiful.
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