Bonjour!
It is officially the last weekend of my summer in beautiful Lacoste! I can't believe it is already here. It feels like we were just arriving. All of my classes are done, all of my projects are turned in and now all that is left to do is the Vernissage. Vernissage is the French word for a gallery opening or exposition. Lacoste is currently covered in the work that everyone had produced during this quarter and it is all kinds of amazing. All of our studio spaces and classrooms are covered in work for sale. It is a very exciting weekend! I leave for home on Tuesday morning. I am very excited to be back in the United States, but I am going to miss this place a lot.
Au Revoir
Friday, August 26, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Avignon!
Bonjour,
This weekend Adelle, Meghan, and I took a little mini-trip to Avignon which is about an hour away. Thankfully we got a free ride there, with a group of SCAD students. We stayed in a little hotel next door to the Tourism Office. The only room that was available for three people was a little apartment. We had two rooms plus a kitchen and literally the tiniest bathroom I have ever seen! But we had a microwave and fridge, and that's all we cared about. We arrived around noon and went to take a trolley tour of the city, but after missing the train twice, we decided just to tour the Pope's Palace instead. Apparently the Pope lived there full time from around 1300-1500. The most interesting fact we learned was that the pope was the the only person allowed to use a knife in the dining room. That would make things difficult. We ate dinner at a little Irish pub, and I got the best hamburger that I've had all summer. We watched some French TV then went to bed early. Yesterday we got up and had leisurely morning then went and wait for the trolley tour. Wile we were waiting there we witnessed an excellent police chase. They were trying to catch the pick-pocketing Gypsies in the courtyard. It was quite thrilling, and they actually managed to catch two of them, but all of the others got away and were back an hour later. We went on the trolley tour and then took a ride on the merry-go-round. It had two stories and was really boss. We grabbed a quick lunch, and after lunch it was time for shopping! We shopped till we dropped, or until 4 when we took a little nap at the hotel. This weekend was incredibly hot, especially for not having air conditioning, and a nap was necessary to stay alive. We continued shopping and then went for dinner. After dinner, we stopped at a grocery store and filled up on groceries like peanut butter and bottled beverages. „e went back to the hotel and took some really cramped showers and then went to bed. This morning we got up to catch the 10:30 bus back to Lacoste, but missed it due to faulty directions and signage (stupid French). We managed to catch the 11:20 bus to Cavallion instead, and get a taxi back to Lacoste. It was all in all an excellent little vacation within a vacation. Now to buckle down and finish my finals!
Au Revoir
This weekend Adelle, Meghan, and I took a little mini-trip to Avignon which is about an hour away. Thankfully we got a free ride there, with a group of SCAD students. We stayed in a little hotel next door to the Tourism Office. The only room that was available for three people was a little apartment. We had two rooms plus a kitchen and literally the tiniest bathroom I have ever seen! But we had a microwave and fridge, and that's all we cared about. We arrived around noon and went to take a trolley tour of the city, but after missing the train twice, we decided just to tour the Pope's Palace instead. Apparently the Pope lived there full time from around 1300-1500. The most interesting fact we learned was that the pope was the the only person allowed to use a knife in the dining room. That would make things difficult. We ate dinner at a little Irish pub, and I got the best hamburger that I've had all summer. We watched some French TV then went to bed early. Yesterday we got up and had leisurely morning then went and wait for the trolley tour. Wile we were waiting there we witnessed an excellent police chase. They were trying to catch the pick-pocketing Gypsies in the courtyard. It was quite thrilling, and they actually managed to catch two of them, but all of the others got away and were back an hour later. We went on the trolley tour and then took a ride on the merry-go-round. It had two stories and was really boss. We grabbed a quick lunch, and after lunch it was time for shopping! We shopped till we dropped, or until 4 when we took a little nap at the hotel. This weekend was incredibly hot, especially for not having air conditioning, and a nap was necessary to stay alive. We continued shopping and then went for dinner. After dinner, we stopped at a grocery store and filled up on groceries like peanut butter and bottled beverages. „e went back to the hotel and took some really cramped showers and then went to bed. This morning we got up to catch the 10:30 bus back to Lacoste, but missed it due to faulty directions and signage (stupid French). We managed to catch the 11:20 bus to Cavallion instead, and get a taxi back to Lacoste. It was all in all an excellent little vacation within a vacation. Now to buckle down and finish my finals!
Au Revoir
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| Our hotel |
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| the Pope's Palace |
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Avignon
Bonjour!
Yesterday I went on an unexpected trip to Avignon. I went to breakfast yesterday and talked to Shanon, the TA of my Travel Photo class and she told me about the trip that her and my professor might be taking to Avignon. I of course wanted to go with them and managed to snag one of the few seats on the minivan for the trip to Avignon. The main purpose of the trip was to go to a museum that had a collection of the work of Cy Twombly and his favorite photographs. I was really excited because there was an entire room dedicated to the work of the photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue who is one of my favorite photographers. the exhibit was really awesome because about 20 or so of his photos were shown as stereoscopes, which is just two images that were taken right next to each other using a dual lensed camera and displayed through glasses right next to each other. The whole process makes the image appear 3-D, bit not in a cheesy movie sort of way. It made it feel like you could really step into the image. After the museum we only had and hour and a half for lunch and shopping, so we went really fast. Eventually Meghan and I decided that we simply didn't have enough time and we decided to go back and stay in Avignon next weekend. That will be the weekend before finals, so I have to get everything done this week. That includes writing a 6 page paper, writing all of the text for my Art History journal, and finishing my Reading response paper. Super fun!
Au Revoir!
Yesterday I went on an unexpected trip to Avignon. I went to breakfast yesterday and talked to Shanon, the TA of my Travel Photo class and she told me about the trip that her and my professor might be taking to Avignon. I of course wanted to go with them and managed to snag one of the few seats on the minivan for the trip to Avignon. The main purpose of the trip was to go to a museum that had a collection of the work of Cy Twombly and his favorite photographs. I was really excited because there was an entire room dedicated to the work of the photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue who is one of my favorite photographers. the exhibit was really awesome because about 20 or so of his photos were shown as stereoscopes, which is just two images that were taken right next to each other using a dual lensed camera and displayed through glasses right next to each other. The whole process makes the image appear 3-D, bit not in a cheesy movie sort of way. It made it feel like you could really step into the image. After the museum we only had and hour and a half for lunch and shopping, so we went really fast. Eventually Meghan and I decided that we simply didn't have enough time and we decided to go back and stay in Avignon next weekend. That will be the weekend before finals, so I have to get everything done this week. That includes writing a 6 page paper, writing all of the text for my Art History journal, and finishing my Reading response paper. Super fun!
Au Revoir!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Food
Bonjour!
So my blog post today is going to a little different. Nothing exciting is really going on, since i'm one of the few people not traveling this weekend. I have been experiencing a little home sickness recently and I have realized that some of this is due to my desire to see all of my friends in San Antonio and Savannah, but most of it is due to my need for normal food. I have decided to compile a list of all the food I would like when I get back to America. (not in any particular order)
1. Chipotle burrito
2. Olive garden salad and breadsticks
3. Flautas!
4. all kinds of tex-mex
5. pizza (the pizza here is really depressingly sad)
6. PB&J for serious
7. spagetti
8. meat that can be easily recognised
9. coffee creamer
10. sonic ice
11. Chick-fil-a
12. pancakes
There are also a lot of food items that I will miss when I go back to America. The major item in this list is baguettes. I will really miss having a bakery on every corner serving freshly baked baguettes for 85 cents a piece. America really needs to get more bakeries.
That is all for today.
Au Revoir
So my blog post today is going to a little different. Nothing exciting is really going on, since i'm one of the few people not traveling this weekend. I have been experiencing a little home sickness recently and I have realized that some of this is due to my desire to see all of my friends in San Antonio and Savannah, but most of it is due to my need for normal food. I have decided to compile a list of all the food I would like when I get back to America. (not in any particular order)
1. Chipotle burrito
2. Olive garden salad and breadsticks
3. Flautas!
4. all kinds of tex-mex
5. pizza (the pizza here is really depressingly sad)
6. PB&J for serious
7. spagetti
8. meat that can be easily recognised
9. coffee creamer
10. sonic ice
11. Chick-fil-a
12. pancakes
There are also a lot of food items that I will miss when I go back to America. The major item in this list is baguettes. I will really miss having a bakery on every corner serving freshly baked baguettes for 85 cents a piece. America really needs to get more bakeries.
That is all for today.
Au Revoir
Monday, August 8, 2011
Roussillon
Bonjour!
Today I went on my last field trip in my Art History class :( We went to the ochre quarry in Roussillon. It was really incredible. All of the earth was a gradient of red, orange, and yellow tones. Are the colors were so intense and were contrasted to the Christmas green of the pine trees. It felt like I literally stepped into a Cezanne painting. So boss. I have more respect for Cezanne now, who I formerly hated. I always thought that he altered what he saw and combined really weird colors together, but now I realize that he was just painting what he saw. After we went to walk around the tiny town of Roussillon. Our first stop was of course to the nearest bakery to get delicious warm baguettes. next we stopped in a grocery store in hopes of finding peanut butter. I saw really excited when I spotted a Capri-Sun for sale! I was even more excited when I tasted it and it was soooooo much more delicious that American Capri-Sun. I don't know how they do it. the town was pretty average, at least average for a tiny Medieval village in the south of France. After lunch I accidentally took a 3 hour nap. It was blissful. I don't know what the rest of the day holds, but it should be awesome!
Au Revoir!
Today I went on my last field trip in my Art History class :( We went to the ochre quarry in Roussillon. It was really incredible. All of the earth was a gradient of red, orange, and yellow tones. Are the colors were so intense and were contrasted to the Christmas green of the pine trees. It felt like I literally stepped into a Cezanne painting. So boss. I have more respect for Cezanne now, who I formerly hated. I always thought that he altered what he saw and combined really weird colors together, but now I realize that he was just painting what he saw. After we went to walk around the tiny town of Roussillon. Our first stop was of course to the nearest bakery to get delicious warm baguettes. next we stopped in a grocery store in hopes of finding peanut butter. I saw really excited when I spotted a Capri-Sun for sale! I was even more excited when I tasted it and it was soooooo much more delicious that American Capri-Sun. I don't know how they do it. the town was pretty average, at least average for a tiny Medieval village in the south of France. After lunch I accidentally took a 3 hour nap. It was blissful. I don't know what the rest of the day holds, but it should be awesome!
Au Revoir!
Arles
Bonjour!
On Friday we all took our very last all-day Friday trip, this time it was to Arles. Arles is a relatively large town (pop:52,000) where Van Gogh lived before he moved to the asylum in St-Remy. All through the summer Arles has a large photo exposition, with over 25 locations and all kinds of photography. It was really hot and sunny on Friday so I only had the energy to make it to a couple of sites, and spent the rest of the time chilling at a cafe. My favorite show was the photos from the New York Times Magazine. There was a whole series of celebrity portraits and they had photos of what the sets actually looked like, and then the final photoshopped image. It was really interesting to see how they changed things. below are some comparisons of images I took in Arles and paintings done by Van Gogh over 100 years ago. I hope you enjoy!
Au Revoir
On Friday we all took our very last all-day Friday trip, this time it was to Arles. Arles is a relatively large town (pop:52,000) where Van Gogh lived before he moved to the asylum in St-Remy. All through the summer Arles has a large photo exposition, with over 25 locations and all kinds of photography. It was really hot and sunny on Friday so I only had the energy to make it to a couple of sites, and spent the rest of the time chilling at a cafe. My favorite show was the photos from the New York Times Magazine. There was a whole series of celebrity portraits and they had photos of what the sets actually looked like, and then the final photoshopped image. It was really interesting to see how they changed things. below are some comparisons of images I took in Arles and paintings done by Van Gogh over 100 years ago. I hope you enjoy!
Au Revoir
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Buoux
Bonjour!
Yesterday in my photo class, we took a field trip to the tiny town of Buoux. We never actually stopped in the town (pop: 122), but instead traveled to the ruins of the Medieval fort complex that was located at the very tippy top of a large mountain. Of course we had to climb up for around 20 minutes to actually get to the fort from the parking lot! Also, the sun was beating down on us from the clear sky. Needless to say we were all very sweaty and gross by the end of that trip. The fort itself was really cool though, and worth the effort it took to get there. Apparently the fort was built in the 13th century and was destroyed for unknown reasons in 1660. The fort was in a perfect location since it was completely surrounded by sheer cliffs, making it a hot spot for crazy mountain climbers in recent years. Again the French are super cool, because unlike in America, all of the sheer cliffs had absolutely no railing on them! You could literally walk straight off the cliff. Because of this, none of my photos have gross ugly railing in them, YES! Today has been less eventful. The only thing of excitement so far today was my trip to the grocery store in apt. I found some excellent things in the "International Isle" such as peanut butter and Dr. Pepper. Two tings that I have been missing dearly. I also got some ice trays because Europeans seem to think that ice is completely unnecessary. I do not agree. Tomorrow we go on an all-day trip to Arles where van gogh died.
Au Revoir
Yesterday in my photo class, we took a field trip to the tiny town of Buoux. We never actually stopped in the town (pop: 122), but instead traveled to the ruins of the Medieval fort complex that was located at the very tippy top of a large mountain. Of course we had to climb up for around 20 minutes to actually get to the fort from the parking lot! Also, the sun was beating down on us from the clear sky. Needless to say we were all very sweaty and gross by the end of that trip. The fort itself was really cool though, and worth the effort it took to get there. Apparently the fort was built in the 13th century and was destroyed for unknown reasons in 1660. The fort was in a perfect location since it was completely surrounded by sheer cliffs, making it a hot spot for crazy mountain climbers in recent years. Again the French are super cool, because unlike in America, all of the sheer cliffs had absolutely no railing on them! You could literally walk straight off the cliff. Because of this, none of my photos have gross ugly railing in them, YES! Today has been less eventful. The only thing of excitement so far today was my trip to the grocery store in apt. I found some excellent things in the "International Isle" such as peanut butter and Dr. Pepper. Two tings that I have been missing dearly. I also got some ice trays because Europeans seem to think that ice is completely unnecessary. I do not agree. Tomorrow we go on an all-day trip to Arles where van gogh died.
Au Revoir
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