Au revoir, mes amis

A lot of people are leaving today and tomorrow. There will be a lot of people coming in also, but it is a bit sad due to the fact that a lot of the people I have been spending time with are leaving. But I will make it through :-). It is a bit amazing how quickly four weeks in France has gone by, but I also feel like Spain was an eternity ago. Here’s a couple of pictures: One with some of my class, and then another with a group of friends that are out of here.

I have done a lot since the last time I wrote. It actually feels like I have done more of nothing than of something, but when I go through my pictures I realize I have done a lot more than I thought I had.

First up is Antibes. It is a little town not far from Cannes. We went there, and just walked around basically. Before going there, we went to some glass blowing place in Biot, but I think SDC is a better place to see it done… Back to Antibes. I got a delicious crepe while I was there. Yum. And I also went into this little English bookstore. I walk in, say “Bonjour” and the owner says “Hello” with a very british accent. It was a cute store. All of the books were marked in pounds instead of euros… Antibes was a cool town to walk through, but really there wasn’t much to do there.

Next is Monaco. It was cool. The bus went down to about water level along the coast to get into a parking garage, and then you walk up 3 or 4 flights of stairs to get into the city. I liked it. We only went to the older part of town (ie tourist trap central) but it was still pretty. And they had a medieval festival going on! So, lots of good pictures ops. They had a park that was just gorgeous there, and they also had a very cool aquarium. I have to stay, they had a nice selection of fish. There was this one that I think had fins that made it look like a crab to predators. Pic below. After Monaco, we went to a small village called Eze. The only way to get there was to walk up a ton of stairs, but it was pretty enough to be worth it. We didn’t have much time to actually see some of the tourist attractions there, but it was still pretty.

And then we come to the perched villages. The first village was called Gourdon. It was very tiny, and very pretty. Not much to do there, but I haven’t gotten sick of the small yet old villages yet so it’s all good. Then we went to Saint Paul de Vence, which is larger, and still very pretty. I was stupid there, and took my sunglasses off to put my hair into a ponytail, and left my sunglasses. Au revoir! I did go back to try to find them, but it was of no use. I just hope they serve someone else just as well as they did me. Oh, on this trip, I think I should mention, there were 15-20 people signed up to go. But how many were there that went? 4! I think they tried to cancel the huge tourist bus for us, but couldn’t, so there were 4 of us on a tourist bus that could probably hold 70. Wow.

Last night was the farewell dinner. We went to a karaoke bar in town. To be honest, I was bored the entire time. There was a couple in the restaurant that had a cute little poodle, and it kept looking up at its owners as if it was saying “can we leave yet?” Then it would just lay down, and put it paws under it’s head. When I saw that, I just thought, wow, I feel just like that dog. But it was good to see everyone before they all leave.

And now I might be off into town. However, it is starting to look like it might rain. Very odd though, it hasn’t rained here since my first week. But we need some rain to make it a bit more humid **cough cough sarcasm**. I hope everyone is well, and I will hopefully see you in a few weeks.