J'aime Nice!

It has been a long time since my last entry. Now I must play catch up! Nice, France has been so wonderful and very time consuming! I have been having loads of fun. I expected it to be so much different here than the U.S., but it is not. Don't get me wrong, there are quite a few differences here that I had to adjust to (walking ALOT because the buses don't run at night/weekends, being quiet when I usually would not, the HEAT,  hills, etc.),  but overall once you get used to it, things are pretty much the same as in any tourist town.  The thing that amazes me the most is the language barrier. I am having quite a difficult time understanding people and making others get what I'm saying. and I have been here for two and a half weeks! But I will continue to press and study because I really want my french to improve.

So...lets go backwards toward my arrival in Nice.  I will share some of the highlights of my time here.

Samedi 16 Juillet, 2011

Today we visited the village of Saint Paul de Vence and le Musée de la Fondation Maeght located about 30 miles west of Nice. The museum was founded in 1964 by Aime and Marguerite Maeght who wanted to give people modern and contemporary art in all its forms.  The museum has over 500 paintings, sculptures and  other works by 20^th century artist such as Chagall, Miro, Caulder, Leger, and Giacometti, just to name a few.

When we got off bus we had to climb a steep hill to get to the museum. This open air museum featured modern art, from outside the entryway and throughout three floors inside.  I liked that you could look from the windows and see the art outside.  The featured pieces were bizarre to me.  I was not able to figure out what alot of them meant but they were still very beautiful and interesting to look at. 

I chose two paintings as favorite in this museum the first for it vivid colors and various depictions of life and the other was a very simple pencil scketching of a man's hand caressing a woman's face.

After we left the museum we ate at a quaint restaurant under a covered terrasse where we where serenaded my a man playing an accordian.  C'etait magnifique! After lunch we ascended the stoned walkways of the hills of St. Paul and perused little shops for everything you could imagine! The vendors there were so nice and the views between the walkways and atop the hill were absolutely breath taking....another day enjoying the beauty of this southern France landscape.

je veux

this song is so cool.  we did karoake in workshop today

Nice, France..... ici je viensance

Pendant que dans Nice que j'ai l'intention d'étudier fort, la marque nouveaux amis, être aussi à l'esprit ouvert que possible et pratiquer mes compétences de conversation françaises. Je veux parler la langue du pays et absorbe autant de la culture comme je peux. Je suis très excité mais aussi un peu craintif. Je ne sais pas quoi prévoir. ..I pense que ceci sera dur mais je ferai mon meilleur et espoir pour amener à la maison la grandes histoires et et la mémoires de toute la vie.

BioPoem

Voici une tâche que j'ai fait récemment dans ma classe vieillissante. Je l'ai l'intention de faire une fois un an pour voir comment ma perspective changements.

Tarita

optimiste, compatissant, sincère, fort, et sensible;

la fille de Caroline, la mère de Favour et Memrhe;

l'amant de musique, la bonne nourriture, la grande conversation et la grande connaissance;

qui se sent accablé mais irrépressible et quioxitic;

qui a besoin de plus de temps dans le jour, la patience, influences positives, les mots gentils et perserverance;

qui craint Dieu, l'échec, manquant du temps, craindre lui-même;

qui se donne absolument et du coeur;

qui aimerait voir la fin de pauvreté, ses petits garçons deviennent de grands hommes, et le changer;

l'habitant de Chitown, USA;

Holloway

Ceci était amusant. ... tout le monde devrait l'essayer!  Il a aidé me prend la notification de choses de me que je ne pense pas à tous les jours.

Final Project

Salut, Je m'appelle Tarita Holloway. Je suis un troisième étudiant d'an à l'université d'Etat de Chicago où j'étudie Biochimie et français. J'aime lire, écouter la musique et apprendre de nouvelles choses. J'aime cuisiner quand j'ai le temps parce que j'AIME manger ! Ma nourriture préférée est du poulet. Um. ...ma couleur préférée est bleue et je déteste pour faire les courses mais j'aime avoir les choses jolies nouvelles ! (Comment dites-vous l'oxymoron en français ? )