Aix

2006-12-07T06:40:00.000-08:00

Dublin for my last traveling weekend! I had a wonderful time, but there wasn't that much to do.

2006-12-07T06:30:00.000-08:00

My theatre "spectacle" was last night. It went well, everyone liked it. We started with some weird theatre exercises, then performed a few scenes from plays, and then recited poems. Here are some pictures.

2006-11-27T07:48:00.000-08:00

Paris! I took 678 pictures. These are only a few.

2006-11-27T07:31:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving in France!

My hostmother made us a nice meal and let us have a couple friends over. It was very formal, we all got dressed up. We had a chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, carrots, and an apple tart. Here are some pictures.

2006-11-27T06:33:00.000-08:00

Rome in 24 hours!

My housemate Cristin and I did Rome in 24 hours. Here are a few pictures, I took a lot more. We saw the Colloseum, the Forum, Palantine Hill, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, St. Peter's square, and St. Peter's Basilica. We tried to go to the Vatican, but it was closed. Next time!

2006-10-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

My Trip to Mount St.-Victoire

So I may or may not have gotten lost on Mt. St.-Victoire and had to sleep there with three of my friends. I have to say it is the coldest night of my life.

Here's a picture of the place we slept. I'll put more pictures of the actual mountain up shortly.

2006-10-10T07:46:00.000-07:00

My trip to Avignon. There are more pictures, there are just the first few.

The first picture my friend Elyse took (actually, she took all of them). We decided it looks like I'm dead and my soul is leaving my body. Cool, right?

2006-09-18T01:34:00.000-07:00

Nice Trip
Let's see what we have for pictures here....I managed to post them inn the reverse order that I visited them. Starting off is the city of St. Paul de Vence, the fortified city that was restored. The second picture is the inside of St. Paul de Vence, and the next two are from the inside of the city looking out over the hills.

Then we have pictures of the hostel I stayed in, followed by pictures of the casino in Monte-Carlo.

Next we have me in the closet of the hostel and another picture of the inside of the room.

After that are pictures of the Harbor in Nice with all the yachts and the view of the city from the mountains above.

Following those are pictures of the ancient ruins. My housemate and I decided to climb on them (along with a bunch of little kids).

The pinkish building is the Matisse Museum, followed by a picture of men playing bocce ball.

The Mediterranean Sea was gorgeous.

After the water is a picture of sunflowers from the flower market.

Then the icecream (of course there's always icecream). Pinochio's had about 100 different flavors of icecream. I chose amaretto and cookie (both were great) and my friends chose everything from jasmine and cactus to grapefruit and spicy chocolate.

Following the icecream is a picture of Nice from the mountain above.

Next is the cemetary in Nice which was rather interesting to see.

And the last two pictures of both of Nice as well.

2006-09-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

Pictures of me and my friends!
We have me, my housemate, and her best friend. First Cristin and I are eating our gross dinner, then all three of us are on the Cours Mirabeau.

2006-09-13T04:40:00.000-07:00

The Grossest Dinner in the History of the World. I don't know what it is.

2006-09-08T06:56:00.000-07:00

First we have the Cours Mirabeau, with the fountain at the end. The fountain is the center of a big traffic circle. Then there's the signs for the Cezanne festival.

More of the Cours Mirabeau and the fountain. There are fountains everywhere. Aix is the City of Fountains and pretty people.

Cafes! They're everywhere. There are a lot of cheaper ones around where you can get a sandwich for about 3 euros. But ALWAYS SIT UNDER THE UMBRELLAS or you might be given a small gift from the pigeons flying above.

And finally is our student lounge, called "The Cave." It's in the basement of our main building (that used to be a convent, by the way). It basically is a cave, as you can see.

That's it for now!

2006-09-07T08:38:00.000-07:00

Well these are pictures of my life here in Aix. Let's see... There's the bathroom, the kitchen, the view out of my window, my room, and the view out of my housemate's window. Nothing too exciting. I'll be taking pictures of the city and posting those shortly. It's absolutely gorgeous here, lots of fountains.