In the background is a view of Manosque.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Random Pictures
Here are some random shots of various things we've experienced along the way.
It was a holiday here on Monday, May 10th. So we hit the fair they were having in town.
I have always loved doing laundry until now! Ugh...so exhausting... washing your clothes, hanging them up to try, take down, fold....not so fun anymore.
Every time we get in the car Seneca takes off her shoes and socks.
Center Ville of Manosque
Same area...just in front of a church.
Their Saturday markets.
More food at the market
In the heart of Manosque
Same location
Seneca and I visiting the town of Vinon sur Verdon. She was playing in the water with these kids she met.
Playing in water again...this time naked!
We hiked to the top of this Mont. You can see the valley we live in from above.
In the background is a view of Manosque.
In the background is a view of Manosque.
My first visitor....My Sister!!
Last week I had an aunt and a cousin in town visiting my grandparents that live only two hours from me. My sister lives in Germany and heard about some of the family being in town that she booked a ticket to Marseilles. I was so excited to see her since it had been over a year AND she is pregnant! I had to see this baby belly! Anyway, I picked her up from the airport and we travelled to Le Lavandou where my grandparents live. We stayed only one night, but it was wonderful! My grandparents made the most amazing food!! Here are some pictures documenting her visit.
My Aunt Magali, Danielle, Cousin-Aureli, Seneca and Me
Danielle, Seneca and Me
Magali and Seneca
Seneca and Aureli
Seneca LOVING the sand...she was afraid of the waves
Seneca eating ice cream (glace)
Us in Aix
I love this picture....Seneca is sticking out her tummy to match Dani's.
Had to grab a burger...it was very yummy!
Our New Home
The last week we were in our vacation rental I came across two great apartments. One was in the heart of Manosque with more French feel and the other was in a newly developed area...more modern place with an equipped kitchen. We decided on the newer one because of the equipped kitchen. Viola! Here are the pictures.
We also have a garage and parking spot...so that is nice. We live behind a newly developed strip mall. The strip mall has apartments above and as I mentioned, we are behind.
Here is a shot from the mountains above us giving you a better shot of our place. We are the building with open patios on the roof.
Kitchen/Family Room
Kitchen/Family Room again looking at the patio windows and such
Our wrap-around deck
View from our deck
Our bedroom
Seneca's room
Bathroom
Toilet
Hallway
We also have a garage and parking spot...so that is nice. We live behind a newly developed strip mall. The strip mall has apartments above and as I mentioned, we are behind.
Here is a shot from the mountains above us giving you a better shot of our place. We are the building with open patios on the roof.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Matt's Graduation
Please don't take this the wrong way...I don't mean to brag, but I am so proud of Matt taking the opportunity to go back to school so that he could obtain his MBA. And now, he has accomplished this goal of his! He recently graduated in April with his MBA from BYU with an emphasis in Finance/Strategy. Here are some pictures documenting this event.
France
As many of you know we were sad to leave family and friends but very excited for our new adventure together as a family. It has been almost two years since we've been on our own...so, needless to say we were excited! Then the craziness began!
Our first flight out of SLC was delayed thus cutting it close to make our second flight in Detroit. We thought we were going to miss this flight until it was also delayed about 1 hours thus making it extremely difficult to make it to our connection flight to Marseilles from Amsterdam. So, we were seriously running from flight to flight. All three flights had major turbulence, which I thought I was going to die from. Seneca was a trooper. She slept on most of the flights which was awesome!
Seni on our flight from Detroit to Amsterdam. She is using the TV remote as a phone.
She manages to know how to use the remote, especially the flight attendant button.
When we land in Marseilles, two pieces of our luggage were not there; which happened to be mine. While Matt was filing a claim Seni threw up (must have been the turbulence). Ugh! Then we finally pick up a larger rental car to at least help transport our luggage from the airport to our vacation rental.
We are alive and made it to Marseilles
From there we enjoyed a very beautiful drive to Pierrevert.
This is a picture of our vacation rental. The upper level are the landlords and the lower level is where we stay.
Here is a sweet pic of our "tiny" car. Wow is it small. We turned in our larger one to save money, plus we didn't think we needed more space until....
we realized how big our stroller is...or how small our car is. So, another "to do" is purchase a car a bit larger than this one.
While we've been here we've had the chance to explore the surrounding areas so we can get a feel of where we would like to live. Here are some pictures documenting our excurions.
It has been great being here. I am finally able to practice my french. I am not very good, but feel bless to at least have some words come out of my mouth. I laugh at myself and find that I leave conversations smiling even though I didn't ask correctly or they really didn't understand me. So, this part of the process has been good. As for housing, it will be difficult finding a furnished place during Provences' high vacation season. This is the time where most Europeans come to Provence to vacation so housing is at a premium right now. We hope we get lucky and find something reasonable for our budget. Besides this we just need to get adjusted. Overall, the people are very friendly, the area is gorgous and the food is wonderful!
Oh, we had a chance to attend an LDS church here in Manosque and it was very small...about 30 people. It was different from our larger congregations we encounter in the US but this was very delightful in a different way. I loved meeting the members and truly felt loved.
Well, we are still pooped, not to mention still having a lot of work ahead of us to get established...it feels like a never ending process that began almost two years ago. Maybe we will feel settled sometime.
Our first flight out of SLC was delayed thus cutting it close to make our second flight in Detroit. We thought we were going to miss this flight until it was also delayed about 1 hours thus making it extremely difficult to make it to our connection flight to Marseilles from Amsterdam. So, we were seriously running from flight to flight. All three flights had major turbulence, which I thought I was going to die from. Seneca was a trooper. She slept on most of the flights which was awesome!
When we land in Marseilles, two pieces of our luggage were not there; which happened to be mine. While Matt was filing a claim Seni threw up (must have been the turbulence). Ugh! Then we finally pick up a larger rental car to at least help transport our luggage from the airport to our vacation rental.
From there we enjoyed a very beautiful drive to Pierrevert.
While we've been here we've had the chance to explore the surrounding areas so we can get a feel of where we would like to live. Here are some pictures documenting our excurions.
Aix en Provence
Greoux-les-Baines
La Tour-d'Aigues
Pertuis
It has been great being here. I am finally able to practice my french. I am not very good, but feel bless to at least have some words come out of my mouth. I laugh at myself and find that I leave conversations smiling even though I didn't ask correctly or they really didn't understand me. So, this part of the process has been good. As for housing, it will be difficult finding a furnished place during Provences' high vacation season. This is the time where most Europeans come to Provence to vacation so housing is at a premium right now. We hope we get lucky and find something reasonable for our budget. Besides this we just need to get adjusted. Overall, the people are very friendly, the area is gorgous and the food is wonderful!
Oh, we had a chance to attend an LDS church here in Manosque and it was very small...about 30 people. It was different from our larger congregations we encounter in the US but this was very delightful in a different way. I loved meeting the members and truly felt loved.
Well, we are still pooped, not to mention still having a lot of work ahead of us to get established...it feels like a never ending process that began almost two years ago. Maybe we will feel settled sometime.
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