Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Marseille

Victory is ours!
We walked blindly to the sea.
Marseille, we owned you.

As you can see from the haiku above, we went to Marseille last week. We are quite proud of ourselves because we did not get lost once.



We saw the Mediterranean for the first time!

Cathédrale de la Major

The doors are amazing.

We didn't take many pictures because they don't do it justice.




We went to the only Starbucks in the south of France. It was spectacular.

Hooray for good ole American coffee.

This is not Marseille...It is the Quatre Dauphine fountain in Aix.

After a lovely afternoon in Marseille, we went to the Chritmas market in Aix. You are probably wondering why we look so happy in this picture...

It's because we were eating chocolate covered pears.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Une parodie de L’Automne de Victor Hugo.

                                                       L’hiver

Les fleurs est moins vivants, le soleil est moins chaud, l’humeur est moins gaie ;
Les jours des vacances sont passés, Les promenades d’étés finissent.
Hélas ! La neige est ici !...
L’hiver est comme un vieil homme qui pleure.
Et le beau temps est oublie.