Salut!
Life here is starting to become routine, and I like it! This weekend was quite the dream--unreal that everything we did was just on a whim, no big deal, because we can.
Finished class strong on Friday, with a low-key, slower day strolling along the shoreline and into town. Saw beautiful views, sat and just soaked it all up in attempt to remember every detail, as I realize I'm beyond blessed to be here and that in 8 months, I'm going to wish I was back.
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| Note: the elderly lady feeding the seagulls bread crumbs. They flocked to her and it was picturesque |
Ended the evening with a fun night out on the town with friends at a local pub named Morrisons...danced the night away! For the record, what's with girls screaming "WHOOOOO" every 5 seconds while dancing in bars? It's all the rage over here and I'll be the first to say, my eardrums are not too fond of it.
Saturday was unreal. Slept in until 10--such a luxury these days. Decided at brunch to walk on over to the beach for a couple hours, where it was warm enough to lay out in shorts and one of my friends even swam...Just falling asleep on the beautiful sand, the sun warming my skin, and the ocean roaring at my toes. No big deal in January, right?
Back to the college, change real quick and then off to catch our train to Nice for the afternoon! Natalie, Meredith, Aubrie, Ashley and I caught the 3:00 train in Cannes for the 45 minute gorgeous, water front ride to Nice. We met up with Natalie's friend in Nice, who kindly showed us around the energetic town. Nice makes Cannes look trés petite. It was fun to see the city again, as Nice was my favorite stop on my Summer 2009 Europe trip too. After 4 hours of fun markets, French book shopping in the square, and a delicious dinner of fresh baguette and marguerite pizza, we walked back to the station. Caught the train and headed on home! It was wonderful. Got to see Nice at day and night. Will never get tired of that classic city!
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| Nice |
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| Naturally-look what beautiful fresh flowers I found! |
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| Nice at night |
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| Nice |
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| Mer, Ashley, Aubrie, Julia, and Natalie |
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| Mmm love the night lights |
Sunday was equally as fun. Up and at 'em, out the door by 9 to load the bus for Monaco! A beautiful day for travels and sights, lots of hiking and fun times with friends while exploring the hills of Monaco, the casino's of Monte Carlo, and the cliffs of Eze. Beautiful cities all built into the mountain sides while overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Had also visited all these cities in 2009, but their sights never get old.
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| Monaco |
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| Monaco |
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| My friend Meredith and me |
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| Oceanographique in Monaco (the aquarium) |
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| Casino of Monte Carlo |
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| Beautiful view from the top of Eze |
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| Cute city on a mountain side |
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| Eze |
Back to the books again today, except in an easier class-thank heavens! Paris in 5 days...SO READY!!
Phrase for the day: "Jouer a cache-cache" which means "to play hide-and-seek"...fun phrase we learned in class!
And each of you need to go listen to "Ces Soirees-la". It's "Oh What a Night" in French and the French people LOVE IT over here...have a dance to it and everything! We figured this out as it came on in the bar and we stood out like pure Americans by standing still and clueless in the middle of what-seemed a choreographed dance, which everyone here knows. Needless to say, we've already started working on learning the French moves and lyrics so that next time it's not so obvious...
Au revoir from Cannes!
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