3 Days in Lacoste....we have snow.

Bon Soir,



The flight to France was an interesting one. I made it to Paris after sitting in the Cincinnati airport for five hours before a nine hour flight. Always fun. And then when I got to the CDG Paris airport I almost thought that I wasn't in the right place, but after spotting another of the students that I knew sitting on the floor I breathed a sigh of relief. In Marsielle I found out that they lost my bags. So until this evening (day 3) I was clean clothe-less. Thank you snow.

Anyway, flight aside, I took the picture you see here from the plane of the sun rising as we passed over England.


So I just have to say that Lacoste is amazingly beautiful. Especially covered in snow. Which they haven't had snow like this in a long time apparently.

I certainly wasn't expecting any snow when we arrived, but at least I was prepared. And my mother bought me the most epic waterproof hicking boots ever. I stepped in about 5 inches of water, and my feet were still kept dry. I am so thankful. But hopefully the snow will melt soon. It is kinda treacherous tho. I mean the roads are all really steep and the melting snow is icing over at night, fairly early, so it's not entirely safe to walk around past like 6 pm.


These last few days have mostly been spent just wandering around, taking lots of photos of a medieval snow covered village and I have to say it's been breath taking. I've taken over 400 photos already and I've only been here three days. I can't imagine how many I will have taken by the time I leave here.

Oh, I should mention that the food here is pretty amazing. SCAD has there own chef which is kinda cool. I've been eating really healthy which is a tad unusual for me. I had an orange today for the first time in ages. But I imagine I'm going to be in great shape when I get back from France. My legs are going to be so toned. It's crazy.


I am really looking forward to being able to explore the area without all the snow, just because it's going to look different and be a bit safer. Not that I don't love all the snow, it's stunning. I also can't wait to get out of Lacoste and go to Apt and a few other area's around the area. Cause I bet it's going to be just as beautiful as it is here. (and I"m a reference whore.) I think there is a trip to Bonnieux which I am going to see if I can go to if I have the time.


Here is a pic of the Chateau de Sade which I visited today. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting but still very cool. There was this strange statue of the Marquis de Sade which consisted ofhis head in a iron cage, and his arms crossed, but not actually attached to the head....It was strange.

I also went down to one of the quarries near here which was so amazing. It had such a ruins feel to it, I loved it. Again I want to go down there when there's no snow just so I can see more of it. Tho the freaky thing about the quarry was that there was this headless stuffed feline in a cage. No idea why but it was creepy. The one disappointing thing about the quarry was that there was a lot of graffiti everywhere, both from the locals and past SCAD students. But oh well.

Well I'm going to stop rambling now. I'm sure half of this is repetitive and boring, but i"m kinda tired and my brain isn't exactly functioning all that well atm. I should go to bed, I have both my classes tomorrow. One of which I have to be up for before 9...especially if I want to get breakfast.

Bonne nuit!