I was a paparazzo for a day!
2008-05-19, Cannes, France. By: nyphertiti

Without getting into my first failed attempt at star spotting on Friday in Cannes (cold rain and J-Lo heels do not go well together), I can say that Sunday was far more successful. I have to say, b...

Dans la Sud
2003-08-01, Cannes, France. By: deldib

In the south of France is Cannes, a coastal city. The beach is the main destination and it is where the Cannes film festival is held so the city is frequented by Hollywood's elite. The main street lin...

Cannes
2006-09-21, cannes, France. By: gwenm

so now i understand the charm of mass emails. these keyboards are out of control so im sorry for my typos and bad punctuation. I am still in Cannes, France for our 2 week intensive course. It is beyon...

Goodbye, Avignon!
2006-07-31, Cannes, France. By: franley

It was a sad night last night. We had a going away dinner with my host family. They really went all out with the food, the wine, the champagne, the gifts that I was absolutely not expecting! It is ...

9june
2006-06-08, Cannes, France. By: klaus

- up at six - walk to sation - train from cannes to st Raphael - walk around the town & pop into cathedral, had coffee & croissants - ferry ride to St. Tropez - very touristy, stroll around the ...

8june
2006-06-08, Cannes, France. By: klaus

Nick and I went to hardware store. Girls made way to Rue de Antibes to browse through the shops We parked and made our way to meet the girls and passed through the Marche Forville which featured a...

Out to dinner
2006-06-07, Cannes, France. By: klaus

We woke up at about 8:30am and a delicious breakfast consisting of a variety of local breads and cold meats with only the finest French fromage (Cheese) and some boiled eggs. Nick and Carol had a numb...

Day 2
2006-06-05, Cannes, France. By: klaus

Woke up at about 9am, had a continental breakfast and Nick and I went to Guy and Vicky (Family friends of the Knills from Zimbabwe who now live here and operate a company which sells and manages prope...

Day 1
2006-06-05, Cannes, France. By: klaus

We woke up after an extremely restful sleep and soon found ourselves having showered, dressed had a breakfast and then strolling through the streets of Cannes looking for the nearest salon de thé (Tea...

WE’RE HERE!!!
2006-06-04, Cannes, France. By: klaus

I now know every description of long distance travel I have, which if you ask anyone who knows me would include a whole pile more cursing than usual, is so inclined because of the flight to the destin...

Civilization Final
2006-05-29, Cannes, France. By: jennys

The beginning of the last week in Cannes dawned. French class is getting to be too much for me. Not that it’s really overly difficult, I just think my mind knows that I’m not going to need any of this...

The Last Sunday in France
2006-05-28, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Ah Sunday, the end of our last weekend in France. The morning started out with brunch and then a debate about going out to the beach or not. Since both Rachael and myself were verging on being burnt, ...

A beach day
2006-05-27, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Our last full Saturday in Cannes. When the next one comes, it will be time for heading to the airport and going home!!! Craziness! As is our routine, we went to brunch right after we woke up. It wa...

Relaxing
2006-05-26, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Friday was a pretty low-key day. In the morning I went to class. There was some debate about whether or not Anique wanted us to take both Thursday and Friday off or not, and since I never heard her sa...

A morning off…
2006-05-25, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Thursday was my morning off of French class. I went to breakfast with Rachael and then when she went to class, I came back up to the room, grabbed my computer and headed down to the Hotel de Ville. I ...

Monks, Pizza, and the Emperor
2006-05-24, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Wednesday was a varied day. In French class, Anique, in a very roundabout way told us not to come to class on Thursday. She said it was a French holiday and so things like the post office and banks wo...

Zidane and chillin on the beach
2006-05-23, Cannes, France. By: jennys

After the excitement of Monday, Tuesday was pretty average. In French class we started another old French comedy. It was a lot of physical humor, nice and easy to understand. I enjoyed it. After cl...

A Final, a Geisha, and a Luxury Car
2006-05-22, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Monday morning, I had my first final of the term. That’s right, more than a week before we would be finished with our classes, I had my French final. Now why we took it that early is beyond me, but wh...

Meurtrières
2006-05-21, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Rachael and I got up kind of early Sunday morning and headed straight down to the Palais to see if we could get into a Blue Carpet movie that was showing. Let me explain the carpet thing. In the Palai...

Vampires?
2006-05-20, Cannes, France. By: jennys

We slept in nice and late, well relatively on Saturday morning. It was nice to able to do for once. When we finally got up, it was in time to go to brunch. Afterwards, we marched our way into town alo...

Surprises…
2006-05-19, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Friday morning came very early, probably because I was up so late Thursday night. So the morning was breakfast and French class. Nothing too special happened in any of that. After lunch, I walked into...

Walking the Red Carpet!
2006-05-18, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Thursday arrived and the film festival was well on its way. In French class, our teacher had recorded the opening ceremony the previous night so we watched that and then discussed it. I felt a little ...

Film Festival begins…
2006-05-17, Cannes, France. By: jennys

The day of the film festival opening had finally arrived. It’s crazy to think that it’s here. We’ve been waiting for it to start for so long, and now that it’s arrived it means just about the end of o...

A pleasant surprise!
2006-05-16, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Tuesday, only one more day before the beginning of the Film Festival. The morning was pretty normal. More subjunctive learning in French class. For real, I’m about to explode with all the subjunctive ...

Subjunctive verbs and other things
2006-05-15, Cannes, France. By: jennys

The start of a new week in Cannes meant the start of a new verb tense. Subjunctive! It’s kind of an odd tense and super intensive! My head was swimming with information. By the time lunch came, I was ...

Happy Mother’s Day (and a bit about Pirates)…
2006-05-14, Cannes, France. By: jennys

After our late night of watching movies, we fully intended on sleeping in before going to brunch. That plan was foiled by a large group of Americans in the courtyard. They got there about 8:30-9 and b...

St. Tropez
2006-05-13, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Saturday, the 13th, the day of our final AIFS day trip. After that, there is only one afternoon excursion and then it will be time to go home. Crazy to think about that! I can’t believe it’s almost ti...

Just another Friday
2006-05-12, Cannes, France. By: jennys

After the excitement of the play on Thursday, Friday was a bit dull. I had class in the morning. Then lunch. After lunch, Kate and her friend Ashley came up to watch a couple episodes of LOST. Ironica...

Rachael’s Play!
2006-05-11, Cannes, France. By: jennys

The opening day of the play had finally arrived! Unfortunately, I would have to get through the rest of the day before I could watch it. The morning was typical. In class, we talked about marriage tra...

Battling the Internet
2006-05-10, Cannes, France. By: jennys

The week was going quickly, Wednesday had already come. Class was kind of funny. Probably because Anique is a funny woman and I’ve begun to notice the quirks she has. Whenever she asks me a question a...

Internet troubles…
2006-05-09, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Well, Rome is over and now it’s time to go back to school. Haha, I’m not sure I would have ever imagined that sentence coming from me. Anyway, the day wasn’t really that special. Breakfast and French ...

Recovery
2006-05-08, Cannes, France. By: jennys

The train ride back from Rome was a little nuts. I did get to ride all the way in the same compartment with Rachael, even though that wasn’t my assigned seat. No one came demanding for me to get out, ...

Off to Rome!
2006-05-05, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Finally, it was the end of the week! In class, we watched an old French movie, from about the 60’s I would guess, that was about half in French half in English. It was pretty funny. World War 2 comedy...

Frustrating events…
2006-05-04, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Thursday was mostly a normal day, though there was one very angering event that we will come to by and by. First though, my morning. In class in addition to our normal crazy grammar lesson, we spent s...

A whole lot of nothing…
2006-05-03, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Wednesday was another day of just chilling around and not being nearly as productive as I should have been. Class was nothing special. Another fun filled grammar packed day. I think I am beginning to ...

Anique has returned
2006-05-02, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Another week of classes commences in France. My real prof is back. Class is now intense in a whole new way. Instead of being just one random topic after another, now it’s just uber intensive grammar s...

Plans for Rome
2006-04-28, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Friday! Only one more day until it’s off to Munich for the weekend! The morning was pretty normal. I did figure out an alternative alarm clock for myself. My MP3 player ahs an alarm on it, so looks li...

Good News and Bad News…
2006-04-27, Cannes, France. By: jennys

There was a goodness and badness about Thursday. First, Rachael had lost her ID card and so they wouldn’t let her into breakfast. Then Amanda left breakfast and didn’t come to class because she had go...

New Grocery Store…
2006-04-26, Cannes, France. By: jennys

So Wednesday, my alarm clock still isn’t working. I guess I shouldn’t have expected a day of rest to really fix anything, but I was hopeful. Rachael was kind enough to set her alarm at the time I get ...

Art History Paper cont.
2006-04-25, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Tuesday morning I learned something not so happy. For some reason or another, the alarm on my alarm clock isn’t working. It’s really strange, the face lights up like I hit the snooze button, but the a...

Art History Paper...
2006-04-24, Cannes, France. By: jennys

So now that it is Monday, and my Art History paper is due Tuesday, I began to think that this day was a good day to get started on that crazy paper. So let’s take at look at how the day went… Break...

Munich Anyone?
2006-04-20, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Ah Thursdays, days that last forever. The morning was pretty average. In class we had took a French comprehension test. It was like the reading comprehension tests we had to take in high school. Crazy...

Ile de Sainte Marguerite
2006-04-19, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Wednesday morning, got up, ate breakfast and went to class. Class was sooo nerve racking that day! Eric videotaped each of us talking for a minute and then we watched all of the videos and critiqued e...

Questions about coming home...
2006-04-18, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Tuesday meant back to life as usual. I had class in the morning. It was still the sub Eric for the rest of the week. During the second half of class, we did an improv. activity. It was hilarious to wa...

NO CLASS!!
2006-04-17, Cannes, France. By: jennys

Monday was a very unproductive day-off class. I guess that’s ok to have once in awhile though. Because there were no classes, it was another day of brunch! Yay! Unfortunately, there were no crepes, bu...

Happy Easter!
2006-04-16, Cannes, France. By: jennys

So Easter Sunday dawned and would you believe it, the Easter Bunny still came to us, even in France! He brought me cookies and brought Rachael coke! (actually, Amanda snuck into our room after we had ...