tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82252218671165430832024-02-18T23:47:54.828-08:00My Semester Abroad in Aix-En-Provence, FranceClaire Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02921337777481472700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225221867116543083.post-14572194478567074782011-02-13T14:03:00.000-08:002011-02-14T04:13:19.305-08:00An Update...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrut4qQmS4RoQOM4VOgE0f3epwTuDx2WGk6GiaN1mngoc_h4hDqEgJDCPIwVUUbrIBNKKTl4t8i-qvV9iFa8VS8Tz224xHKEPCragBIy0qyVvcwIoz9val-a1X-_DZAlZsFmZqIbBrEY/s1600/DSC_0856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrut4qQmS4RoQOM4VOgE0f3epwTuDx2WGk6GiaN1mngoc_h4hDqEgJDCPIwVUUbrIBNKKTl4t8i-qvV9iFa8VS8Tz224xHKEPCragBIy0qyVvcwIoz9val-a1X-_DZAlZsFmZqIbBrEY/s320/DSC_0856.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My host mom and Boulie </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My host mom, before her dinner party</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My host mom and her dinner party (I was fed separately at an "American time" - 7pm. This took place at 9:30)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Between Monaco and Nice</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The famous Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from our hostel in Nice (it's adjacent to someone's yard)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The red carpet in Cannes </div>Claire Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02921337777481472700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225221867116543083.post-44752580881733473632011-01-24T13:40:00.000-08:002011-01-24T13:40:00.788-08:00Cassis Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjH__SKz-OSX6qMM22zSh_tpGdS8K1aM2FZXjwttgn7ZUdscIVqg5CFZbPURFLZR7V8Ab8thO3TDZTJjxGPUPMxKxL8Q_j7OwnwH1thckFF053M5hbPvTVsyctkcHDOYFB_IGqeZlC-M/s1600/DSC_0575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjH__SKz-OSX6qMM22zSh_tpGdS8K1aM2FZXjwttgn7ZUdscIVqg5CFZbPURFLZR7V8Ab8thO3TDZTJjxGPUPMxKxL8Q_j7OwnwH1thckFF053M5hbPvTVsyctkcHDOYFB_IGqeZlC-M/s320/DSC_0575.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cliff in the background is the highest cliff in Europe!</div><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I am living with Madame Mistral, the nicest possible host mother.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She immediately took me for a walk around Aix this morning, stopping by her friend's perfume shop (her friend spritzed us both with some Chanel perfume) showing me the vegetables at the markets, asking me what I like and don't like to eat, etc. We then met up with her daughter and her daughter's fiance, who speaks fluent English due to his 4 year stay in Oklahoma for university. They are in town from London for the weekend. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">To my relief, she has no plans to make me eat any weird food. She hates lamb, and isn't going to make fish for me. She made me a very tasty lunch, with salad, ham, and bread. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I have a really cute bedroom (her daughter's old room) which has a balcony overlooking the hills surrounding Aix.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Later in the afternoon, they took me to Mount Saint Victoire, a huge mountain on the edge of town. We sat at a patio at the base of it for our afternoon espresso. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">After a <i>dodo</i> for both of us (nap), she made me pasta for dinner (and I sampled French cheese - to no avail). She then made some tea she brought back from her recent travels to India, and we watched the French movie which tells the story of Coco Chanel's life. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Tomorrow, she is taking me to Cassis to see the Mediterranean and the beach! I will bring my camera.</div>Claire Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02921337777481472700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225221867116543083.post-9848645255985845362011-01-21T08:17:00.000-08:002011-01-21T08:43:22.805-08:00The Beginning...I made it to Aix!<br />
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</div><div>My highlights thus far:</div><div><br />
</div><div><ul><li>My hotel room has shutters like the ones at the beginning of <i>Beauty and the Beast</i>, and I can see a 14th century church tower from the window.</li>
<li>I have not gone hungry, nor ordered anything vile by mistake (so far).</li>
<li>I have not gotten lost yet.</li>
<li>My internet cable works. </li>
<li>I met a very nice Greek doctorate student, who is visiting from Scotland, where she is studying, while we awaited the bus to Aix last night at the Marseille airport. We chatted the entire bus ride. She was very nice.</li>
<li>I have not been yelled at, or made any horrible (that I know of) language errors yet.</li>
<li>I have a map of Aix.</li>
<li>I was thrilled to find a Zara here, and even more thrilled to find the same skirt I bought at Zara in Dallas for $20 for 40 Euros.</li>
<li>I took advantage of the cheap prices of the matinee showings at the town movie theatre, and saw a French comedy. I understood the basics of the plot.</li>
<li>Most of the speech I've had directed at me has sounded very patchy. I have usually caught enough key words to avoid problems. This was especially great when a security guard in a large department store wanted to check my bag as I left.</li>
<li>The taxi driver was really nice, and even told me I spoke great French.</li>
<li>The lady I will live with, Madame Mistral, apparently just stopped by my hotel to let the front desk know what time she's picking me up tomorrow.</li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the central town fountain- according to my cab driver, it's the most famous monument in Aix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could go see True Grit with French voiceovers if I wanted to...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The house where I'll be living....just kidding. Not actually sure what this is.</div><br />
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