a la plage!

At the beach! 

We spent a beautiful day at the beaches of Cassis- which I have apparently been to before and forgot until we went today! haha. It reminded me a lot of greece- and sooo beautiful. I don't know which was bluer- the sky or the water! When we first arrived there was some strange parade going on! 

We all took a boat ride to see the coves and beautiful water. Seen here with new friends: 

We got some “glace” [icecream] which was melting fast and quickly gobbled up.

Then a couple of friends and I headed to the pebbly beach and took full advantage of the warm sun and cool wind. Then we built up the courage to wade out in the water… in the absolutely FREEZING water. oh my goodness. Can you tell we were a little cold here? 

It was a beautiful and relaxing day though. Cassis was once a major ancient roman trading port. The white stone that makes up the cliffs surrounding the coast have been cut since it was a roman port and used to make houses and structures. 

Afterwards, we arrive back in aix and saw that there was a big antique flee market going on in the main avenue! I wasn’t planning on getting anything, but then I came across a table of old books, each for only 1 euro. I suddenly saw some music scores! There were two very old but fantastic Beethoven scores that I snatched up and was thrilled to find they too were only 1 euro!! I figured I could splurge. I am so excited to have these! one of the books is a piano reduction of 4 of his symphonies, so now I can play the great symphonies at the piano! 

here are two pictures of the cathedral that’s right outside of my window. at day and at night. I’m going to go listen and see the organ during a service sometime this week for sure! 

Orientation is tomorrow. Classes will begin all too soon! 
-dani

also- here is a photo of me and my roomie, lindsay, at dinner last night!