Blow Yourself (Your Own Piece)

Hope the title doesn't offend, but it came from a sign I saw this weekend in Biot (pronounced bee-oat) at the glass-blowing place. I think they could've used a little help with the English translation...

 The glass-blowers were really incredible though. I've seen glass-blowing before, but I've only seen it done for more artistic pieces, whereas what I saw in Biot was making drinking glasses. They began with a blob of molten glass, blew a little bit of air into it, then used gravity to do the rest. It was amazing how quickly they worked.

Walking through the store was really cool and sort of terrifying - I felt like one wrong step and I would destroy tons of expensive glass.

After visiting Biot, we went to Antibes. First to a Picasso Museum. I assumed that in the museum there would only be works by Picasso - seems logical right? But no. There were quite a few other artists represented in the museum, as well as photos of Picasso that I really enjoyed. Don't know who the photographer was, though, so if you find out, let me know!

Following the museum we had time to just wander around the city. Antibes is pretty small, but there were cute, windy streets and interesting shops. One of the best shops was a little toy shop with a bubble-blowing bear outside.

Questionable Vegetables. And baguette.

To finish the day, we drove a really pretty route home by the sea.

Saturday, I went to Nice (again, again?). I went with some other girls this time, and we had a delicious feast of Indian food. I had aloo matter and masala naan and IT WAS SO GOOD. I have been missing Indian and Thai food like crazy. The restaurant had awesome decorations, but I only got one shot of the lights.

Need new room decorations now

Of course, after stuffing ourselves we needed more gelato from Fenocchio. This time I tried chocolat orangette, irish coffee, and kinder bar. The chocolat orangette was my favorite, but I still want to try more of the sorbets. Next flavors (possibly) will be pear and... something. Bubblegum? I just had flashbacks to Waffle Cone Wednesday at Goodrich - I almost always got bubblegum ice cream.

Laura's ice cream - the flavor on the left was really strange - made my throat tingly

Emily and Catherine enjoying gelato and sorbet!

We then went to a photography exhibit in a museum that's really just an old house. It was really cool - the photographs were done by August Sander, originally from Cologne, Germany. A couple of his photos:

You should check him out. It started to sprinkle a little after we left, but we headed over to see the Jeanne d'Arc church. It had a very original shape - a roof with several domes. It made it interesting on the inside and the outside.

After that, we headed back to catch a train, but got stalled outside of Biot for about 30 minutes because of the weather. It was raining and super windy - the waves on the Mediterranean were nuts! The train goes right by the sea, so the tracks were too slippery. When we did get back to Cannes at about 6:55, it was raining a fair amount and we were soaked by the time we got to back to the collège for dinner! All in all, a good day though.

Upcoming: we leave for Paris this Thursday! I am beyond excited. We're staying in the Bastille area - if you have suggestions, let me know!