rosie and i are so there. question is, if american hipsters drink pbr, what do french hipsters drink? hopefully, an answer will be found tomorrow.
also tomorrow: medical exam for the carte de séjour in marseille. i'm not a big fan of marseille. i'm also not a big fan of waking up early (we have to be at the bus station in aix at 7:30 to make sure we get to the office in marseille by 9:30). but i am a big fan of looking out at the mediterranean, so hopefully i'll have time for that.
as promised, here are some pictures of aix (that don't involve the cité u or the interior of my apartment)...
this would be the outside of my apartment. we're the second row of windows up from the bottom. from left to right: my room (mostly obscured), the living room, and the kitchen.
the weird fountain by our apartment. aix is known for its fountains. i have now decided that it is my mission to take a picture of every single fountain in aix by the time i leave in june. every fountain i can walk to, at least.
le palais de justice! this is where you'd find my dad if he were french.
however, the fuzz français are much more low-key (and in shorter supply) than the american fuzz, so business might not be quite as booming.
not pictured: the canine restroom just next to this fountain.
restoration in progress.
le roi rené. you'll find him at one end of the cours mirabeau.
and this would be the cours mirabeau.
and this would be a fountain in the middle of the street that is the cours mirabeau, making a tiny sort of roundabout (rond-point).
this fountain (also on the cours mirabeau) is just in front of monoprix. think of it as a french target that's not open on sundays or past 9:00 p.m.
the other end of the cours mirabeau: la place du général de gaulle, a.k.a. la rotonde.
la fringale: home of the french fry sandwich. quite possibly the most delicious three euros and thirty centimes ever.
l'hôtel de ville.
l'hôtel de ville.
in the middle of the place de l'hôtel de ville, there is, believe it or not, a fountain.
la cathédrale saint-sauveur. i have yet to go inside, but it's on my list of things to do.
these pictures were taken on sunday afternoon. rosie and i hiked around and did the tourist-with-a-camera thing. then we headed north out of centre ville (downtown) and up a hill, where we learned:
1. that french fire hydrants are funny-looking, and
2. that the view from up here is UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL.
if after seeing these pictures, you feel compelled to jump on a plane and come to aix, we recently discovered that our living room couch can unfold into a double bed. and i don't mean one of those fold-out couches -- it's comfortable. and there's also the extra twin bed in my room....
2 comments:
Good thing I'm planning on hopping on a train in a few weeks to come see you. Aix looks AMAZING. And you will have to come to Lyon as well!
the indie dance club = awesome.
yeah, i'm going to try my hardest to get to aix sometime before your school year ends.
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