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Voilà, un nouveau blog! Une fois, en français, pour les classes de français aux lycées Lyons et Mead. Une fois, en anglais, pour ma famille et mes amis qui ne comprennent pas... :) Et, parce que j'ai beaucoup de photos que je veut partager. :)
Je vais répondre à vos questions dans mon blog prochain (je le fais juste après cela-ci) , parce que j'écrivais ce blog un longtemps, et j'ai plus de renseignements à partager!
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Photos
(please appreciate these because it took me FOREVER to upload them on this stupid Internet!)
1. Street sign in Nice.
2. View of Nice on the way up to the waterfall.
3. Waterfall in Nice
4. View of the harbor in Monaco
6. Some building in Monaco. Could be the aquarium? I forgot.
7. Altar in the cathedral
8. Some Niçois architecture
9. The path we walked from the parfumerie uphill to Eze
10. Fresh/homemade tea for sale in Eze
Pour jouer au casino, on doit avoir 18 ans, et porter des vêtements très habillé, cela c’est obligatoire. Le week-end avant nous sommes arrivés là, le barman nous a dit que Bill Clinton était au casino aussi ! Ce bâtiment… je ne peux pas expliquer la coûte des décorations. Prenant photos est interdit, alors, je n’ai rien. Mais le plafond était aussi grand que trois étages, avec les fenêtres de bas au haut. Les rideaux…je pense qu’ils étaient velours, et chacun était probablement plus cher que mon éducation à l’université—tous les quatre ans…à une école privé et pas à bas prix. Je ne voulais pas jouer beaucoup, mais je pensais, « si je suis à Monte Carlo…pourquoi pas ? » J’ai décidé à essayer une fois. Un jeu coûte 30 centimes, mais la machine n’acceptait pas des pièces. Alors, je l’ai donné mon billet d’argent le plus petit, 10 euro, et essayé de jouer. Au moins que 30 secondes plus tard, j’ai un billet qui m’a dit que j’ai gagné 10 centimes. Mon dieu. Après cela, j’ai quitté le casino et explorer les rues de Monaco, très silencieux, parce que la plupart des citoyens dormaient.
Après avoir partant de Monaco, notre groupe a visité la parfumerie Fragonard, pas trop intéressant. Mai après cela, on est monté à pied à la ville médiévale d’Èze. Il est un grand château, construit des pierres, qui devenait un petit village avec les petits magasins d’artistes, des cafés où les gens s’asseyent aux oreillers à la terre.
Two weekends ago, all the students in my program went to Nice, Eze, and Monaco! We took three big buses, and the trip took about two hours, I think. When we arrived in Nice, everyone was amazed. The color of the Mediterranean Sea...I will never forget it. You can see, the color of the sea and the sky are exactly the same color. All of the buildings were crazy colors...reds, oranges, greens, blues...The buildings in Aix are all varying shades of peaches, yellows, and other muted natural colors, but Nice was so bright! Everywhere was like a bright ra I think Nice will always hold a special place in my heart. It was incredible! Heaven on earth.
To gamble at the casino, you have to be at least 18, and it's obligatory to wear nice clothing. The weekend before we went there, the bartender told us Bill Clinton was there. I think a lot of celebrities go there. I cannot explain the cost of the decorations of that building. Taking photos is forbidden, so I will try...The ceiling is three stories high, and there are windows that run floor to ceiling. The curtains on them were velvet and each probably weighed more than a car, and cost more than all four years of my college education, at a private school that's not cheap. Crystal chandeliers everywhere. Straight up orchid TREES. I didn't want to gamble a lot, but I thought as long as I was there (weirdest location for a school field trip ever), I might as well try it out. I decided to play one game at the slots. Each game costs 30 euro-cents, but they didn't accept coins. I put in my smallest bill, which was 10 euros. Probably less than 30 seconds later, it spit out a ticket telling me I won ten cents. My god. I was expecting to lose, but not that quickly...I didn't even understand what happened! After that, I thought it would be a good idea to leave the casino and explore the streets of Monte Carlo. They were very quiet and kind of boring, most of the people were asleep (it wasn't even late).
After leaving Monaco, our group visited the Fragonard perfume factory, it wasn't as interesting as I expected. But after that, we walked up a big steep hill to the medieval city of Eze. It's pretty much a mountain-turned-castle-turned-city, made of stone. There are a bunch of little tiny stores where artists sell their works, tucked into the walls of the castle that twisted and turned up the mountain. There were a few little cafés, where all the people sat on big pillows on the ground.