Hey sorry for the lack of posting!

Hey well i am going to attempt to do this blogging thing again.

Glanum and St. Remy

So we went to Glanum which is an amazing Roman ruin, And also to St. Remy. St. Remy, was the mental institution Vincent Van Gogh was in.

here i am looking awkward.

Ruins at Glanum

The Cloister at St. Remy

So this was taken in the same spot that Van Gogh painted "Starry Night"

More Glanum

Van Gogh's room at St, Remy

View from his room

projects

so I have been sooo busy. sorry that i havent been updating but here it goes. here are some pics of churches that may or may not be used in my term project.

Cathedrals

so i think that i am going to shoot cathedrals for travel photo. here is one that i did today. its not done but here you go.

Weekend one.

Hey, Here are some pics of the market in Apt, the Bories, and some other randomess.



The Market in Apt.

I really love mopeds right now.

I really wanted her to have a monkey crawling around her, but she didn't. i would have been cool if she did.

the graffiti is really cool

this kid had a fake gun and was acting like he was killing everyone. pretty scary.

these kids are pretty cool.

the fruit looked so yummy. the strawberries were so good.

These are Bories. they are made from limestone and were inhabited by people until the late 19th century.

just thought this was cool.

yella house

Hey people in Savy and in Texas. I miss you soo much and i wish that you were all here.

Gordes

Here are some pictures of Gordes and the valley.

it not wanting to let post some so i have to work on it.

Amazing-ness

So i have been in france for almost a week now, and it has already been the best time of my life. Lacoste is so beautiful. the neighboring towns are insane. Bonnieux, which is like 6 kilometers away is pretty cool and has really good pizza. I never thought that french pizza would be so good.
Classes are going really well so far. I have to read alot for World Masterpieces but what can you do about it. We are reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It will be really exciting to go to Notre Dame after reading about it in the novel. My Prof. is soo cool. she is a little chinese woman who tells us stories of being in the homeland with her revolutionary parents. yeah, her parents were revolutionaries during the reign of chairman Mao. How cool is that.
Photo is going well. although i was freaking out about it it should be pretty cool. When i got to class we all introduced ourselves. everyone was a senior or junior, but there was one grad student. it scared the crap out of me. we got an assignment where we have to keep a journal. in this journal we have to take a picture in the same spot for 20 days. we can look up, down, turn around, pretty much take a pic of whatever we want but you cant leave that spot. i picked a old abandoned roman fountain. its pretty sweet. its right off the 2000 year old roman road that leads down from lacoste to the valley. we went on a field trip through the vineyards in the valley and looked at some ruins that SCAD is renovating. its going to be pretty sweet when its done.
Treasures of Provence is AMAZING!!! Its def my favourite class. we are in the class room on tuesdays and then on thursdays we go on field trips. today we went to Gordes. its def the prettiest place i have ever seen with my two eyes. It was one of Princess Diana's fav places to stay when she needed to get away. In the city there was the most incredible church i have ever seen. it was built in the 17th century. the walls were covered in french baroque and rococco frescos and there were paintings and sculptures all over the place. it was a giant hodgepodge of religious stuff. i will post pics of it later. Also in the city was an amazing Boulangerie. a Boulangerie is a pastry shop. i got the most amazing tiramisu. it had fudge and some kind of expresso filling. basically it was heaven in your mouth. We also went to the Borie village. It was one of the weirdest places i have ever been. Borie's are limestone huts. so basically it was just a bunch of them in the middle of the woods. they were really crazy. they totally looked like something in starwars.
The food here is really good. we have french bread with every meal. and this stuff called Tartare. its a soft white cheese with garlic and parsley. and the most insane desserts. everything here tastes better. the tea, coke, apple sauce.
I am going on a hike tomorrow with some friends so that should be pretty fun. then on Saturday i am going to Apt to the market. and to go to the cathedral. I have to write a paper on the cathedral for art history. anyways, i will post some pictures soon.

Lacoste Pictures

here are some pics of Lacoste. Enjoy!

Lacoste.

the trip here was a disaster. flights getting canceled, running through the paris airport, and then the taxi from hell. Everything is going alot better now. the food is good, that is if you like to eat alot of bread. I have a new love for this stuff called Tartare. its this soft cheese with garlic and parsley. its soo yummy on french bread. anyways i have to get back to photoshop so that i can post some pics.

Off to Lacoste

So I should on the way from ATL to Paris but instead i am sitting in my friend Audra's living room. My flight got canceled this morning and then i couldnt get on another flight, so here i am sitting in Slow-vannah while everyone else is on the way to france. hopefully i can get out of here tomorrow. if not i am going to be soooo mad.

So long Texas!

The next 8 months are going to be the craziest months of my life. I just left Dallas today so that I could go back to Savannah to pack. Im having a really hard time believing that this time next week I will be leaving for FRANCE! I am so excited. Keep checking back, I will try to post everyday.

Much love,

Matt

SNAG

SO for the last week i have been at a conference for the society of north american goldsmiths. their were some pretty amazing lectures, but last night i had so much fun. I went to the banquet, and got to hang out with the FAHMily. damn im going to miss everyone.

So today was pretty boring. I hung out with the FAHMily, we saw a really cool bug.
thats about it.

So much to do!

So as most of you know, I am getting ready to leave for Lacoste in a few weeks. Im so excited to get out of Savannah, but im really sad to say goodbye to everyone here.

goodbye!

Hello France

My big news of the day is that I JUST GOT AN INTERNSHIP AT W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg im so excited!!

Hello World! This is Matt! I have decided to start blogging so that everyone can see whats going on in my life. More to come later.