Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Home, my sweet home














These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.


Impress them on your children.


Talk about them when you sit at home


and when you walk along the road,


when you lie down and when you get up.


                                                                 Deuteronomy 6:6, 7























































































































































































































































































Royal Caribbean- on the cruise to Pisa, Italy





























Poor Lily was sick on the cruise, so we did not get a chance to explore much... she stayed in her cabin and drew pictures. We watched TV and watched other boats in the ports of Italy, danced on our balcony... Of course, we ate a lot!!! - It was still a heavenly experience for us, in July, 2011.
















































































































































Monaco- the Palace and the Grand Casino



























































It was a raining day when we arrived in Monaco and it was close to the royal wedding for prince Monaco. We visited the Casino and Palace area, and we wondered around the bay area. There were so many people everywhere! We were exhausted. -Bus drivers were not so friendly, even though I speak French, it took us a while to find the little village that our cruise docked.





































































































































Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Côte d'Azur -Marseille by train

Marseille, a beautiful city under the blue clear sky, a city I always wanted to visit since I started to learn French... we had a big adventure...almost missed our cruise...Haha!












A very impressive city by the Mediterranean coast- Marseille, the largest commercial port in France, is also a dreaming land.



We wandered at the vieu port for the whole morning, watching people fishing and selling crafts. Then we took a little train to visit the beautiful Marseille Bay area. We climbed to the high hills of Notre Dame de la Garde church, then, we walked through the city back to Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles,
We took the train back to the little town where our cruise docked. But we need to take a taxi back to our cruise. However, we could not find taxi on the street! I asked everywhere, people were saying:" Desole, il n'y a pas de taxi dans la rue ici! " - we need to call and book it in advance!


We finally had to take the boat and then run so quickly towards our cruise! We almost missed it!