 | “Second Paris of France” deserves its reputation.
2008-01-08, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: len_doug | | Each day so far we’ve driven the back roads from La Jassine to Pertuis for shopping (see January 6th post for a link to a map of the Luberon region), but today we skirted town and headed for Aix-en-Pr... |
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 | observations
2006-07-02, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
THE FRENCH TAKE THEIR DOGS EVERYWHERE • THEY ALSO DON’T CLEAN UP AFTER THEM, SO THE “CADEAUX DES CHEINS” REALLY ARE EVERYWHERE • THE ROADS IN CENTRE VILLE ARE TOO SMALL FOR CARS... |
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| update on life
2006-06-28, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so, anne left for two days to go see her sister and brother-in-law. its nice to have the house to ourselves for a little bit. i do however, need to do laundry. and i dont know how to work the friggen ... |
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| grades
2006-06-26, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | grades so far:
quiz 1: C+
midterm: B
quiz 2: B+
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| la fete de musique
2006-06-21, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | holy eff the festival of music was amazing!!! i only stayed out until 1 am, because we had a midterm today. blah!!! BUT.... anyway.
about the festival. its a national music festival that's put on ... |
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 | on cassis and chateaus...
2006-06-24, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so this weekend was crazy. saturday, got up (albeit johanna didnt wake me like she said she would) at 7:45, just late enough to miss the 8 am train to marseilles. the 9 am train doesnt run on saturday... |
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 | decisions
2006-06-23, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so i've decided that my adventures will be continuing!! i'm officially declaring that i'm study abroad again, the plan right now is spring semester 2007 in sydney, australia. (reason #1- they speak en... |
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| les baux and arles
2006-06-23, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so today we took a field trip to arles and les baux. it was pretty neat- i really wish we had more time in arles. but i spent most of the day with megan, which was actually really fun, and tonight we'... |
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| wonderous joys of aix
2006-06-20, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so, im on my break during classes now. i went to the paul boulangerie to get lunch- normally i just buy a baguette and then some cheese or something, but their sandwiches are SOO good, not to mention ... |
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| gay ol' par-eee!
2006-06-19, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so the weekend in paris was fun. at first, it really sucked. the train ride was long, and i got fatty motion sick. i think part of it was the ham i ate before hand... it didnt settle well. plus, amy w... |
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 | world cup
2006-06-14, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | yesterday, classes began. seems like they'll be more time consuming than difficult... i dont know how i feel about that. but i guess if they were difficult, they'd still be time consuming. so whatever... |
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| orientation
2006-06-12, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | today we began orientation. we met a bunch of new people. i know i have art class with michelle and amy, who seem pretty cool. i also made friends with lindsay, who has two tattoos like i do- she seem... |
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 | and sunday.
2006-06-11, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so today was kind of uneventful. i discovered my clock is very slooooow. i reset the clock for the right time at 1 am. by 10 am, it was two hours off. dammmmmit. oh well. woke up at noon, ate wonderfu... |
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 | adventure time!
2006-06-10, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | france is funny. light switches are backwards. streets are narrow. speedlimits are suggestions. teenagers are chain smokers. doors are always closed. locks are independant of the handle. my bedroom do... |
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 | i made it!
2006-06-09, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: kgullotta | | so.... its 12:36 MY time. 9:36 in france. crazy stuff. im at my host family's house- they're uber nice and uber talkative. its an older woman who has a 15 year old daughter. they have an adorable hima... |
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 | Aix-en-Provence
2006-03-25, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: jennys | | It was an early morning on Saturday (or at least early for a typical Saturday in Cannes). We didn't even get brunch because we were leaving for Aix at 9am. The good news, however, is that the day seem... |
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 | Life is Good
2004-08-29, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: Italy | | So we've had one setback so far. On Saturday morning, we were leaving Besancon, and five minutes before we were going to leave for the train, the zipper on Caroline's bag broke, leaving her monsterou... |
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 | Update 1
2003-09-14, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: eopsjames | | 9/14/03
Hello everyone! I haven't written in a while but I've been going through an intensive preparatory language program for the last 2 weeks which will end at the end of September. I managed to ... |
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| Aix is great!
2002-10-07, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: billc | | So… I’m a terrible person for not updating my travel journal for a month. Sorry… France is great! Aix-en-Provence is a beautiful little city with lots to do. I arrived about a month ago now, after... |
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| Getting Settled in France
2002-09-12, Aix-en-Provence, France. By: billc | | 12 September 2002
Wow… I guess I’m really in France. I’m sitting in my room staring out a large open window at the adjacent homes and foliage in this quaint and beautiful city. I’ve been in Aix n... |
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