Hotel De Provence Digne

... campervans. One of which had the biggest dog we have every seen. It was a Newfoundland, which looked a little like a small bear but was as tame as a kitten. As the sun was about to set we took some photos and then had a wander through the village - everything was closed - end of season.

Hello, good evening or good morning to all.

It has been a while, and i have been doing many exciting and colourful things.
I arrived in Provence a couple weeks ago, where i was staying with Clara and Pierre, (family of friends from Lasqueti for those who dont know)
They are amazingly kind and very entertaning. They have been showing me wonderful things here, and have treated me like a royal guest. We have been to the movies, gone to a music festival, visited goat cheese ...

Working as part of a team to build a shelter in an APARE volunteer workcamp, all the while enjoying the beautiful Lake St. Croix scenery, I should have felt incredibly relaxed on this last leg of my abroad tour. But I did not. I could only think of home.

For these last two weeks, fourteen of us volunteers woke up every morning to start working at 7 AM. Each day, two people stayed back at the base camp to cook both lunch and dinner for the rest of the group. Besides ...

... used my friend's hat. That night we went to a dance club because no one wanted to get in trouble for noise. It was free to get in and we danced to French techno music for hours. We became even better friends with the French people from my school and practiced our French on them. The next day we got on the mountain at about the same time but since it was a Saturday it was way more crowded and cold than the day before. We also got stuck on a lift in the cold for a half an hour ...

The Verdon Gorge is renowned as forming the most beautiful canyon in Europe, and attracts numerous tourists, especially during the summer period. It is easily accessible on its right bank from the North (via route D952 from Castellane to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie), and on its left bank from the South (via routes D71, D90 and D995 from Aiguines to Castellane). The southern route offers views of the Col d'Illoire, the ...

... old architecture; Coolest astronomical clock; Prettiest hostel...Prague Best new architecture; Coolest Americans; Most to see and do...Berlin Most (best?) legal prostitution; Best "Secret Annex"; Best permanent Van Gogh collection...Amsterdam Place there's no place like...Home J This entry is dedicated to Jesse, Bianca, Stephen and Mike, the stars of my trip.

... news, I've decided what I want to be when I grow up...and then changed my mind about three billion more times. A small sample of the careers I've chosen, in no particular order: 1. Famous actress (Key word: famous. How else am I going to put food on the table?) 2. Linguistics professor 3. Dialect coach/consultant (For famous actors, of course. See #1.) 4. English teacher (10 points if you can name the song I'm thinking of!) 5. Foreign ...

... hand (and perhaps expecting a different kind of party!). We all had a nice time, but I was really uncomfortable with Pierre there, sans amis, not saying much, standing around with his hands in the pockets of his tight pants. That party was only the beginning of the awkwardness to come. After that night, whenever we invited him and his friends out, he'd show up all by himself and try to put the moves on me, each time being more awkward than the last. I eventually came to the ...

... high school because it's the thing to do, or because there's nothing else to do. At the end of high school, everyone must take the "Baccalauréat" (or, simply, "the bac"), a standardized test feared by schoolchildren nationwide because it pretty much determines whether or not you go forward in your life, or back. This means that if you get a good score on your test (there is a separate Bac for each section; so there's a "literature" bac, an "economics" bac, etc. and you ...

... frogs' legs.... Today I got up pretty early and headed down to the teachers' room to finish up my lesson plans, then walked to the end of the street to drop my absentee ballot in the letter box. That's right, I VOTED and you should too! I actively participated in my country's democratic process today despite not even being present in said country, so you have no excuse tomorrow, reader! Anyway, one of my lessons went well ...