Painters selling their work by the port
Pretending to be Napoleon at the Citadelle
Pretending to be Napoleon at the Citadelle
Inside the Citadelle
Part of the old port
Boat ride to St. Tropez
The really expensive boat
Thursday was the first day of Senior Seminar. The discussion was really interesting so I think I will like the class a lot! Unlike my symposium class first year where it was like pulling teeth to get people to talk, everyone had something to say and was eager to participate! Yeah! I'm excited because it is a discussion based class! Thursday night there was a free outside movie at the Palais (where the film festival is held) so a bunch of us went to it. There were no more seats left when we got there (half hour early!) so we all sat alone a ledge by the red carpet steps leading up to the Palais! It was fun! The movie was hard to understand but still really fun. About half the group left because they were not interested in the movie but said they would meet us at a Karaoke bar called "the station". No one who was still at the movie knew where is was but before the other people left someone was told that it was by the bus station and you couldn't miss it. So when the movie ended, we all went to the bus station to find the karaoke bar...we looked everywhere, asked in a couple restaurants and no one had heard of it! We were so confused! It didn't make sense! Where was it?!? We decided to keep walking and looking be we couldn't find it. I was tired so I went back with 3 others after looking unsuccessfully for awhile. The few that kept looking eventually ran into other people from the college and found out that it was by the TRAIN station, not the BUS station like we were told!
Friday was another beautiful day! Class was done at noon so I spent the afternoon on the beach playing "volleyball" and soaking up the sun. After dinner, Michelle and I took our first trip to Leader Price, a small grocery store that is 5 minutes (walking distance) away from the college. We got there just in time, they closed at 8:15 and we got there at 8:00...didn't realize they would close earlier than American stores! I did a little homework, hung up pictures, and had a relaxing evening.
Saturday =St. Tropez!!!
We left the college at 9:15, walked to the port and waited for the boat. I think it was one of the hottest days so far! We were all dying while waiting for the boat because there was no shade and we had to wait for half an hour for the boat. The boat ride over was nice. We all dug into the bag lunches we were given by the college (a chicken salad sandwich, an apple, orange, chips, cookies, water bottle and squeezable apple sauce). Jean (our program director from CSB/SJU) and her two daughters came on the trip as well. They were so cute and they took turns sitting with the big kids at our table on the boat ride! When we got to St. Tropez we were given a map with points of interest and information about them. Michelle, Neva and I decided to look at some of the places on the map instead of going to the market right away, we would go later if we had time left....little did we know the market ended at 1 so we never got to go to it :( We did find a nice old church, the town hall, the old port, a nice cove and some awesome views! We also went to the Citadelle de St. Tropez-a walled in city from the 1600s. Apparently, Napoleon used this walled in city as a fort for awhile...don't know any details about it. It was really cool and there were a lot of nice views from the Citadelle because it was up on a hill. We were really thirsty at this point so we found a little grocery store and got a huge water bottle (1.5 liters) for 0.30 euros so about 45 cents! Water is really cheap here! We walked around more, looked at painters, little shops, etc until we had to meet back at the boat at 4:00. There were so many awesome looking boats in the harbor, complete with jet skis, motor boats, etc.!!! When we got back to Cannes, there was a HUGE boat in the port...it cost 250,000 euros and looked like a submarine!
We went out to the karaoke bar but this time we knew where we were going! It was fun and really easy to find when you know where you're supposed to look!
This morning I went to church. There is a small church here on campus. It was really short! Only 35 minutes long...it was hard to understand everything but they did sing the same alleluia as we sing at home...I think I'll have to look up the Our Father and some other prayers in French before next week. Brunch on the weekends here is fantastic! They have cereal, bread, juice, etc like normal but also chocolate croissants, regular croissants, made to order omelets, eggs, bacon, sausage, crepes.....it's really nice!
Thursday was the first day of Senior Seminar. The discussion was really interesting so I think I will like the class a lot! Unlike my symposium class first year where it was like pulling teeth to get people to talk, everyone had something to say and was eager to participate! Yeah! I'm excited because it is a discussion based class! Thursday night there was a free outside movie at the Palais (where the film festival is held) so a bunch of us went to it. There were no more seats left when we got there (half hour early!) so we all sat alone a ledge by the red carpet steps leading up to the Palais! It was fun! The movie was hard to understand but still really fun. About half the group left because they were not interested in the movie but said they would meet us at a Karaoke bar called "the station". No one who was still at the movie knew where is was but before the other people left someone was told that it was by the bus station and you couldn't miss it. So when the movie ended, we all went to the bus station to find the karaoke bar...we looked everywhere, asked in a couple restaurants and no one had heard of it! We were so confused! It didn't make sense! Where was it?!? We decided to keep walking and looking be we couldn't find it. I was tired so I went back with 3 others after looking unsuccessfully for awhile. The few that kept looking eventually ran into other people from the college and found out that it was by the TRAIN station, not the BUS station like we were told!Friday was another beautiful day! Class was done at noon so I spent the afternoon on the beach playing "volleyball" and soaking up the sun. After dinner, Michelle and I took our first trip to Leader Price, a small grocery store that is 5 minutes (walking distance) away from the college. We got there just in time, they closed at 8:15 and we got there at 8:00...didn't realize they would close earlier than American stores! I did a little homework, hung up pictures, and had a relaxing evening.
Saturday =St. Tropez!!!
We left the college at 9:15, walked to the port and waited for the boat. I think it was one of the hottest days so far! We were all dying while waiting for the boat because there was no shade and we had to wait for half an hour for the boat. The boat ride over was nice. We all dug into the bag lunches we were given by the college (a chicken salad sandwich, an apple, orange, chips, cookies, water bottle and squeezable apple sauce). Jean (our program director from CSB/SJU) and her two daughters came on the trip as well. They were so cute and they took turns sitting with the big kids at our table on the boat ride! When we got to St. Tropez we were given a map with points of interest and information about them. Michelle, Neva and I decided to look at some of the places on the map instead of going to the market right away, we would go later if we had time left....little did we know the market ended at 1 so we never got to go to it :( We did find a nice old church, the town hall, the old port, a nice cove and some awesome views! We also went to the Citadelle de St. Tropez-a walled in city from the 1600s. Apparently, Napoleon used this walled in city as a fort for awhile...don't know any details about it. It was really cool and there were a lot of nice views from the Citadelle because it was up on a hill. We were really thirsty at this point so we found a little grocery store and got a huge water bottle (1.5 liters) for 0.30 euros so about 45 cents! Water is really cheap here! We walked around more, looked at painters, little shops, etc until we had to meet back at the boat at 4:00. There were so many awesome looking boats in the harbor, complete with jet skis, motor boats, etc.!!! When we got back to Cannes, there was a HUGE boat in the port...it cost 250,000 euros and looked like a submarine!
We went out to the karaoke bar but this time we knew where we were going! It was fun and really easy to find when you know where you're supposed to look!
This morning I went to church. There is a small church here on campus. It was really short! Only 35 minutes long...it was hard to understand everything but they did sing the same alleluia as we sing at home...I think I'll have to look up the Our Father and some other prayers in French before next week. Brunch on the weekends here is fantastic! They have cereal, bread, juice, etc like normal but also chocolate croissants, regular croissants, made to order omelets, eggs, bacon, sausage, crepes.....it's really nice!
My roommate and I
Michelle and I
Notre-Dame-de-l'assomption
A cool looking car!
Squeezable apple sauce
Smiley face cookies :)
Michelle and INotre-Dame-de-l'assomptionA cool looking car!
Squeezable apple sauce
1 comment:
Looks like you are having an awesome time, Laura! I love looking at your pictures; France is BEAUTIFUL! Keep livin' it up!
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