Saturday
We had all decided to rise early on Saturday so that we could get going, so we were all up at about 7 and ready to leave the hostel at 9. Our first idea was to climb up to the top of a rock outcropping where there was a chateau at one point. We didn't get up to see the chateau, but we got to some beautiful vistas and a nice fake waterfall (as far as we can tell) at the top.
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| Christina, Katrina, Amanda and Gregg at the top of the hill near the chateau we never reached |
Next on our itinerary was the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. There was a huge display that was about the Chinese artist that organized and envisioned the Beijing Olympic opening ceremonies. He had been experimenting with using gunpowder and black powder for drawings. The video of all his assistants creating the piece was interesting, though he never really did a lot of work as far as we could tell. I also really enjoyed the pop art displays there, where they had a lot of really iconic and recognizable pieces, though I don't remember the names :)
Lunch was next, and we got fruit, bread and some bacon chips and took it over to a park in the middle of the city to eat in the grass. Amanda had been really set on finding a small pastry shop, so we all got a little pastry there and took it to a square to eat before we split up. I wanted to go shopping for a man bag, and Christina wanted a new top to go out later that night, so we split up. It ended up really conveniently since the girls also wanted to go to the Matisse museum, while Gregg and I wanted to go to the beach more. My shopping hunt was successful, and I am now the proud owner of a man bag from Jules, a guy's clothing store here in France. It's definitely proved useful since I've gotten it.
Gregg and I then hung out on the beach for a good two hours or so, and I worked on going from paper white to merely pale in the sun, though I'm not sure how successful I was. We met up with the girls after we had our time on the beach and a relaxing beer at the bar in the hostel's ground floor, and left for dinner. We ended up at the same square where we ate Friday night, but at a different restaurant. I had the menu option again, so that I could eat as much local food as I could. The appetizer this time was a salade nicoise, a salad topped with seafood. My entree was medallions of delicious duck, and dessert was the last pear tart that the restaurant had :)
After dinner, we wandered around a small market until we heard fireworks, so we went to investigate. Once we rounded the big hill with the chateau at the top, we could see the fireworks being launched over the port that we knew was there. Right after they ended, a friend called and started talking about moon bounces and stages and music and stuff, so he found us then led us to the port, where they were celebrating the 150th anniversary of something to do with this port. There were four stages or so, and people everywhere, so we walked around and enjoyed the music and dancing for a little. We again tried to find organize with the other hostel to go out, and we eventually did, but most of us got frustrated with the walking around and being turned down from a few places, so we went back to hang around outside our hostel before we went to bed.
Lunch was next, and we got fruit, bread and some bacon chips and took it over to a park in the middle of the city to eat in the grass. Amanda had been really set on finding a small pastry shop, so we all got a little pastry there and took it to a square to eat before we split up. I wanted to go shopping for a man bag, and Christina wanted a new top to go out later that night, so we split up. It ended up really conveniently since the girls also wanted to go to the Matisse museum, while Gregg and I wanted to go to the beach more. My shopping hunt was successful, and I am now the proud owner of a man bag from Jules, a guy's clothing store here in France. It's definitely proved useful since I've gotten it.
Gregg and I then hung out on the beach for a good two hours or so, and I worked on going from paper white to merely pale in the sun, though I'm not sure how successful I was. We met up with the girls after we had our time on the beach and a relaxing beer at the bar in the hostel's ground floor, and left for dinner. We ended up at the same square where we ate Friday night, but at a different restaurant. I had the menu option again, so that I could eat as much local food as I could. The appetizer this time was a salade nicoise, a salad topped with seafood. My entree was medallions of delicious duck, and dessert was the last pear tart that the restaurant had :)
After dinner, we wandered around a small market until we heard fireworks, so we went to investigate. Once we rounded the big hill with the chateau at the top, we could see the fireworks being launched over the port that we knew was there. Right after they ended, a friend called and started talking about moon bounces and stages and music and stuff, so he found us then led us to the port, where they were celebrating the 150th anniversary of something to do with this port. There were four stages or so, and people everywhere, so we walked around and enjoyed the music and dancing for a little. We again tried to find organize with the other hostel to go out, and we eventually did, but most of us got frustrated with the walking around and being turned down from a few places, so we went back to hang around outside our hostel before we went to bed.
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