Aix en Provence

Today I went to Aix en Provence. It was a cool city to go to and get away from Lacoste for a little while. Lacoste isn’t bad but is good to get away from every once in a while. I had two cameras and my tripod. I was ready to capture every event possible. The first thing we did was walk around to try to find a café that we all agreed on. That took quit a while but I didn’t mind. It was relaxing and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I did what is often called people stalking. But I like to call it people capturing. Because the way I do it is, I make it obvious and don’t try to hide around corners. It was a little different though because I started to noticed that the French don’t like their picture to be taken. The worst is the people asking for money and if you take their picture they ask you for money. It hadn’t happened to me because I just didn’t take their picture but really wanted to. One thing I saw that was very interesting was a woman and her baby siting out side of a church begging for money. It was probably the sadist thing I saw all day. The coolest thing was the inside of the church. There was actually a service going on in it. It was interesting observing what they did in this church. It was unlike anything I had ever scene but yet so peaceful at the same time. After these two moments I continued on to find my the other part of the group. We didn’t find them but we found Christoph and we had him guide us to where we were going next. It was funny because we went in a circle. Then he told us where the buses were instead of the street we would walk on. It was very kind of him to take us in to a circle. When we got on the bus to go find this famous painter and his studio. It was so horrible for me because I had all of this stuff with me. When I was getting my change my key fell on the floor. I set my coffee down and then grabbed it then walked to my seat. Well while I was walking to my seat he started to move so I bumped into the seat and coffee splashed all over this poor little girl. I gave my coffee to Sarah and then finally was able sit down. Then after a long bus ride we ended up passing our stop and at the last bus stop the bus driver kept opening and closing the bus doors because it was the last stop. Well after he noticed we were clueless Americans he drove us to the final station and gave us tickets so that we could ride on whatever bus to get back which was very nice. So we finally made it and then it was time to leave back to Lacoste.

Colorado 6

Going to Colorado was one of the coolest experiences. It started out really good when we ran in to a lavender field. This field was filled with violet, vibrant colors that just make me extremely happy. It smelt so famous. It was a time filled with excitement. We shot pictures of Bates because he looked perfect in the lavender field. Then there was Ishmael, looking like a tiger crouched down shooting Bates. Then the frolicking sisters Corrine, Mary and Ferris. Once we moved past this we met Forrest at the entrance and he told us about this plant that use to be an asparagus while it just starts out little and then just grows into something big. Walking a little further we found our first ochre pit. With in seconds, Ishmael found his tree and perched on it. Then a couple of then slid down the mountain to enjoy their self and pick ochre samples until they were satisfied and climbed up the ochre mountain. I felt like they were taking long so I decided to go along by my self. It was a fun experience to explore by my self. I new I didn’t have two long to explore and didn’t have a map so I just continued on and didn’t really get to enjoy my self and the nature of the ochre. I came to a cave and it was really cool to walk through and see what it was like to go through an ochre cave. After a while of exploring the cave I felt like I needed to head back the same path I came from so I did. On the way I ran in to my group of friends so I joined them and showed them the cave. Being in a group was a lot more fun while experiencing the cave. While they went through the cave some of us picked ochre that was flabbergasting. It was this very rich violet. It reminded me of nothing I have seen before. Runing out of time we decided weather it was faster to head back the way we came from or to continue. So we found out that continuing was the better rout. So as we continued on the way Eli found that on the way there was a view point that was just outstanding. It was totally worth the trip. This was definitely a place I will return to. A beautiful experience with my awesome new friends.