France and the many adventures along the way

2009-03-09T12:52:00.000-07:00

Yes we are the Gods of this temple...or maybe just statues of Gods... anyway me and Ian are cool and you know it is true.
Colin and Jess are walking the same way!!! and they both look amazing!
They are so beautiful! Staci and Cat are the best and are so nice. I love this picture.
Staci looks sooo cute in this...she is so far up in the tower.

HAHA and there is Matt on the other side of the tower and ...wow we where all having so much fun.

2009-03-09T07:23:00.000-07:00

This is an amazing Tower that was once the tallest tower in southern France for about 400 yrs! I truely loved it here and am determined to go back at night time and see the stars!!! it is going to happen!
They look like ruins but they are still standing and are so amazing with the best view. I loved it here so much!
That pretty cool French/Italian teacher Maria took this and i really like it.
Ian chilling on the rocks that i know he was just dieing to climb!--> next time my friend don't worry.

2009-02-28T04:30:00.000-08:00

So while in Paris I got to Visit Jim Morison's Grave!!! it was a small grave and it is sad to say that the bust that had been made in the image of Morison was stolen along with his grave chipped away at and vandalized.... hence the fence these where the best pictures i could get and i am so glad that our teacher Dan took me!

I also got to go to the Catacombs ... i don't know why but i really felt ...nice down there? like i appreciated getting to see them and even though it looks like a scary place... it was not. In some of the skulls you could actually see perfect circles showing that they died from a gun shot. I really liked taking pictures down there bc it is not something i could ever do when i get home. I think i will go back next time.

And....THE Thinker!!! It is the statue by Auguste Rodin that i got to see when i went to the the Rodin Museum -www.rodinmuseum.org/ is the link if you want to see more works . my personal favorite was The Gates of Hell and don't worry i will put a picture up of it too!

some stuff i should have put on before i whent to Paris

2009-02-26T11:40:00.000-08:00

Well these photos are from a while ago... the one is a sign of AirBus the day we got to take a tour of the building and that is about as far as our cameras where aloud to go... they are afraid of spies i guess and publicity. we where the second biggest building in the world and it was fantastic!!! the Airbus plains are also amazing and the only bigger building than that one is the one owned by Bowing the competitors to Airbus. The A.B. building is in Toulouse.

Beside that is the picture of Colin i took a long long time ago of him chillin on our ... i guess you would call it a balcony and i really loved the fog and just the way he seemed to be so comfortable sitting out there... so yea i really like this picture thanks Colin. (Colin is the one who reminds me of my cousin Brandon by the way!)

The three other pictures where taken on a beautiful day when i was taken into a small town that i can't remember the name of. It was kinda of my day because there was not room in the care the day before for me to go into town so Dan the Man took me and a few friends and i was able to snap some amazing pictures of the country side. I apologize for the blurry picture on the bottom it is the Monistary where I currently live and it is hard to take a picture like that in a moving car but don't worry i will be getting better ones! Oh!!! the picture of the tree and the gate is actually right outside our front doors and it is a legend that that tree is somehow part of the tree that was used to crucify Jesus.

2009-01-31T04:16:00.000-08:00

Eric Ian and myself all felt like taking the path less taken...and we did... and this is just a glimpse of some of the things that happened. It was an amazing experience and I think we can all agree that we learned a lot about ourselves... and of our surroundings. We did not know what we where looking for but we found an amazing ...and a bit dangerous adventure. I loved every min. of yesterday and we will soon be making the journey again. By the way... we did not come from this journey with out somthing to remember it by... we are all cut up from the barbs and just goofing off. We even made a new friend...Bruno! He is a cute little Beagle that acted as our gardian angel and made sure we where ok before he left us. I am loving France more and more. there are sure to be more photos of this wonderful place and I can't wait! OH... for all of you who want to see more pics go to Owen's blog. I am following his blog and it should not be hard to find. He has an amazing camera and you realy should take a look at all that he has.

2009-01-28T12:42:00.000-08:00

My amazing ring i bought today!!! It is sterling silver and is made of three different kinds of Amber. I had it sized a bit smaller for me. The guy who sold it to me did it for me in 5 min. and i loved it from the moment i saw it. this picture does it no justice. I LOVE THIS RING.....just as much as i love cheese --go on my myspace to get better pics of it.

2009-01-19T10:48:00.000-08:00

yep you guessed it... it's me with my little French hat on standing on our... i guess you would call it our stone deck? that is our back yard were our white goat name Blanket roams... I pet her and don't worry there will be pictures of her soon.

2009-01-19T10:43:00.000-08:00

We have Reached High... and we are Going Farther.... Would you expect any less?

(from left to right: Myself, Matt and Ian)

-please notice the star in the distance and try to imagine what it was like standing here... with the full moon at our side.

2009-01-19T10:37:00.000-08:00

This may just look like some cheese on a napkin to you... but this is heaven to me. Seriously i have never really loved cheese (probably because i never had the opportunity to have such amazing cheese) but this cheese is what i look forward to at dinner. here is a combination of Cow, Goat, and Sheep cheese. Sheep is the softest but the strongest. I think the Goat cheese may be my favorite but they are all so good. ... so that is enough about cheese...if you wanna know what it is all called to try some your self let me know. Better yet, come to France and taste for yourself...then you may not think I am crazy for spending so much time talking about cheese.

2009-01-19T10:29:00.000-08:00

This is of the night we had our little music party.
Jim Donovan, Chuck Olsen and Jeremy Olsen (from right to left) were all singing and playing songs for us. It was pretty amazing and they even let us keep the drum. Almost every night you can here tribal beets echoing from the dinning room where Ian and Eric play to there souls content. Jim Donovan is actually pretty famouse and it was an honor to meet him, he was a member of the band "Rusted Root"-One of there most famous songs is "send me on my way" which can be heard in the movie Ice Age. Anyway we all really had a great time and I wish they could have stayed longer.

2009-01-19T10:23:00.000-08:00

So her I am in Albi munching on the first thing I bought in France, a raspberry tarlet (small pie).
It was so amazing and thanks to Eric and Matt I was able to rush to the bakery and buy the last one! I was so impressed i had to get Ian to take a picture of me eating it. If your ever in France I highly recommend getting one... and I am sure Eric and Matt will agree with me.

2009-01-19T09:31:00.000-08:00

Our first day at Nadine's for lunch. We go there every Thursday and get really good food and ice cream! I had a thing called a Tostie which was basically hot ham with bread and cheese in a sandwich but the cheese was on the outside and inside...translation: Delicious. So from left to right is Shelly, myself, Lea, and my room mate Lindsy. Owen is taking the picture. As you can see we are all drinking water. Water is pretty the only thing anyone drinks around here...ever. That and wine which we have the option to drink but i am not a big fan. The water in Ambialet is so amazing. Behind us are the post cards, some of which I bought and will be shipping out as soon as it stops porring and I can get some stamps. Well that is about all I think I can say for this picture... Next!

This is my first Post

2009-01-18T03:00:00.000-08:00

I am in France....Finally! I am having an amazing time and I hope that my family and any future student looking to study abroad in France can get a lot out of these posts and the pictures that will posting shortly.