New photos

Hey! I've figured out how to cut out the middle man (aka my computer) when uploading photos to the internet so I have posted the last of spring break, some of the May Day picnic, and some from Rolland Garros (french open).

http://picasaweb.google.com/slindsey711/PortoAndOtherPlaces#

la Côte d'Azur!

Katherine and I spent a long weekend in the Cote d'Azur- and it is very beautiful and worthy of it's rep. We stayed in a Hotel in Vence which is about 30 minutes away from Nice and is nestled in les Alpes-Maritimes very pretty little town and is located right next to Saint- Paul sur Vence which is the most visited Village in France (according to Katherine) The coolest thing about these towns is that you can see the Mediterranean sea and the Alps at the SAME TIME! Nice is in the running for becoming the host of the 2018 winter games. If they win I'm pretty sure it will be the first winter games complete with beach resorts! Thursday we toured Nice which is pretty, nothing terribly exciting except for beautiful blue water and a pretty flower market. Friday we caught a bus to Cannes where the Film Festival was happening and we had hopes to see some great stars. (unfortunately we were a day late for Brad Pitt). Then on Saturday we caught a train in the opposite direction to Monaco and tried to figure out why europeans were wearing NASCAR- like hats and took part in the hubbub surrounding the qualifying race for today's Grand Prix Formula 1. Formula 1 race cars zooming around the port of Monte Carlo (those are the smaller yachts...) It kinda sounded like an air raid siren was going off- and/or that aliens were attacking and systematically sucking out our brains... someday when I have space on my computer I'll post the video with the sounds in the background.

Katherine and I on the red carpet in Cannes for the 62 Film Festival- yep we're that special.
Some french movie stars walking the afternoon red carpet at the festival. We waited around until 7:30 in the peasant area because we heard a rumor that Johnny Depp himself would be arriving to promote his movie that night- unfortunately he never showed up... But some of the other stars from the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus did show up... just not the super famous ones. Verne Troyer Andrew Garfield and Lily Cole 

Someone should've told Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Ferrel to jump on the band wagon and go back in time so that we could get there pictures- but oh well... and while they're at it tell Heath Ledger to not take those pills so he could've been there too! But it was an exciting atmosphere at least.
This is a picture of Sain Paul. It is very pretty- Very picturesque. You might subconciously recognize it because it was the local for very many impressionist painters back in the day. The town in now filled with various art galleries.

Anyways I decided that I have to become rich so that I can return to these places with the right credentials to be on the other side of the fence instead of with the peasants.

Hopefully I can clear up some space on my computer in the coming weeks so that I can show you the rest of the photos and a couple of the videos that I took this weekend.

I found this lovely little article on french dining. It is SO true and hilarious. The best part is the whole bit about the waiter completely disappearing when you need him to give you the check. This is true all around europe though I find. 

Unfortunately I haven't found the waitress with the mooloo... but I have another month. 

http://www.americansinfrance.net/DailyLife/French-Dining.cfm

When you finally do manage to ask for something, you'll often find yourself waiting an inexplicable 20 to 30 minutes for simple requests, like a pat of butter. You get the feeling that you're order has caught the chef by surprise.

Waiter (sniffing haughtily): Ze customers at table 11 have ordered zom food.

Chef (panicking): Zut alors! Food? Where am I going to find any of zat?