Category Archive: France

August 3rd, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

After three years telling my family about Anaïs and Michèle, Anaïs’ mom, and Anaïs and Michèle about my family, they finally had the opportunity to meet each other face to face for the first time at a little café by Anglet beach.  We had an apératif.  Apératif is a French term meaning to get together for […]

August 2nd, 2008 by | Country: France | 1 Comment »

Saint Jean de Luz is an incredibly charming town.  The architectural design has a mix of French and Spanish Basque design.  The typical French Basque architectural designs are quite simple.  The walls are completely white and made of concrete.  There are red or green or sometimes blue wooden posts attached horizontally and vertically to the […]

August 1st, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

“Viens.  Danse avec moi,” a very cute guy waved his hands to me and asked me to dance with him.  In less than a second later, I was dancing with amusements.  Loud music was traveling to my ears, not only I was hearing the loud music, but I was also feeling the vibrations throughout my […]

August 1st, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

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Biarritz is one of the most beautiful places to take a stroll in the French Basque region.  My French friends who live in the Basque region take a stroll or even do some exercise walking in on cliffs by the ocean in Biarritz a few times a week.  I never get tired of walking on […]

August 1st, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

I pass by yellow, and grand sunflowers.   They’re bright as they can be!  The next thing I notice is that I pass by magnificent green grassy hills.  What I’m looking out the window looks nothing like the southeast of United States, especially the fact that the buildings are made of stones and they’re very old […]

July 31st, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

Heat waves has really hit hard in Paris.  Temperatures were abnormally high in Paris for the past few days.  I’ve been sweating like crazy, and my clothes have been turning into yucky wet clothes.  I’ve been pouring down bottles worth of water down my throat.  Anyways, at least this is for only a few days […]

July 30th, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

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The sky is glowing with bright oranges and pinks.  There are even some highlights of purples and reds.  It’s magnificent!  As the sun sets, the lights on the buildings surrounding the Seine River begin to flicker.  The buildings are glowing in bright yellow and orange.  The bridges are also shiny as they can be.  The […]

July 30th, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

Impressionist paintings are just stunningly gorgeous.  They give me the feeling of calmness and relaxing.  When I look at those images, I always feel the need to jump inside that painting so that I can have a lovely vacation in the countryside or by the lake or by the beach.  Colors are magnificent in these […]

July 30th, 2008 by | Country: France | 4 Comments »

Went to a pastry shop and got macaroon cookies..mmmmmm

July 29th, 2008 by | Country: France | No Comments »

I just made lots of updates on the previous posts from the past three days including LOTS of new pictures!