Cannes Weekend

We went to visit Germain's parents in Cannes this weekend. The weather was much nicer than in Paris. So it was refreshing to be outside in bearable weather. It was still chilly tho, but nice.

we ate lunch in Mougin on Saturday. That's the little village outside of Cannes.

Fountain in Mougin

This is our tree. Two ladies offered us a tree as a wedding present. Which is a nice idea bc it will grow as our years together grows. However, we do not own a house and do not have land....so it's in the garden of Germain's parents. haha

Our Olive Tree!

We got back in last night. And now it's almost time for class!

The sea from the plane

Mountains from the plane

Long Weekend

So this weekend was a long weekend. We tried to find last minute deals to go out of town, but we coulndn't find any so we stayed in Paris. Luckily, Paris is a city with something to do every weekend.

We went shopping for an outfit for the city hall, but I still can't find anything. I know I'm picky. =P But there was an expensive grocery store at the Galerie Lafayette. You know me and food. It smelled so good with all the yummy fresh food!

 

jar of nutella....it's huge!!!

Saturday night we rented a car and drove to Versailles. Versailles is just outside of Paris where the royal family lived during the mid 17th century to the late 18th century. Today it is a museum open to the public. It has a beautiful garden.

On Saturday nights during the summer they run the original water system that powers the many fountains displayed in the gardens. They use the original mechanics to run the fountains...no electricity, just mechanics. And if you saw the size of this thing....its quite impressive!

tons of pretty fountains around the gardens

they are all different

this was pretty cool...they set up  lasers so that it looks like the sky

pretty

the water danced to music

another shot

they even had fire synchronized to music in the middle  of the field...pretty cool

At 11:05pm, they end the night with a fireworks display. We got lucky.......it was a beautiful night.

On Monday, we went to the fete des tuileries. Its like a little fair by the gardens of the Louvre. It wasn't spectacular but it was nice to see. You can win ipads and mac books playing the carnival games at this fair! lol.

trying to win an ipad! haha

It was another nice day so we just walked by the gardens a little bit before going to le mariais.

Le Louvre's Pyramid

At Le Mariais we passed by this amazing chocolate store. We saw it last time I was in Paris....the stuff is so pretty! It smelled so strongly of chocolate as soon as you walk in the store. Very pretty. Gaje, you have to go when you're in Paris! Also...look what flavor ice cream I found!!

Cassis!

pretty

I want to try all of them!!

Yummy macaroons

pretty violin sculpted out of chocolate!

Another Week

So another week in Paris. But not too much going on.

I went to Opii this week.......as a foreigner in France with a visa I had to go to get an x ray of my lungs and see the doctor to make sure I'm not carrying any diseases and stuff. Germain was able to get the morning off for that......thank goodness because I would have been so lost! The doctor spoke English, but the people in front didn't.

Needless to say......French class......still struggling. Its just so different. After 25+ years of pronouncing words a certain way......it's not easy to just stop sounding them out the way you're use to!

Last night we went out for dinner. We had a groupon for a Japanese sushi dinner for cheap! It was good. not the BEST sushi I've ever had, but 22 euros for two people......soup and salad included......was pretty good. And yes......eating rice was very good.

(Don't worry mom and dad......we just bought a rice cooker! ^_^)

It was a nice day out so was walked around. We passed by the Paris Beaches......Yes beaches. In the middle of the country......Paris has Beaches......Wanna see??

The Paris Beach next to the Seine River

Lol......these are the beaches of Paris. They created this little elevated sandy area...they even imported palm trees to make it seem more beachy. Very funny......Maybe because I grew up in Miami =P

The sun was setting over the river......very pretty.......

Paris sunset

Then we made our way over to St Michel. I like that area. It's very touristy, but there's lots of little shops and restaurants. Several of them were roasting pigs!

Roast pork!

We had gelato for dessert. It was very good. But I guess it should be expected...France is next to Italy. I had chocolate nutella and strawberry gelato. Germain took vanilla and the seasonal special......cantaloupe.

yummy!

There are many neat shops in St. Michel. We passed by this HUGE used books store. HUGE. there were books for 20 cents! And most interesting of all......they had a HUGE section of mangas!! Too bad they're all in French......=P But just the day before......Germain bought me a manga from the bookstore for full price. He hopes it will help me learn French since I like mangas =P

Another cute store....

Bento boxes

They're all bento boxes! Even the legos one. Cute.

On our walk home we passed by a park. It actually seems very nice at night. Its all dark, but they installed lighting to light up sculptures and fountains.

This weekend is a long weekend! So three days to explore. No classes, no internship. Hopefully I'll have more pictures for you! ^_^

~Pui