A Wonderful Weekend

Dear Friends,

We have had a great weekend!!!  On Saturday, we became truly French.  We did our laundry first thing in the morning, and since it was a beautiful day with lots of sun and a nice breeze we hung it outside to dry.

Our flat is the one on the top floor on the left.  The two windows are actually french doors on the left and a big window on the right.  They are in the living room/dining room/kitchen area of our flat.  The ones on the right belong to our neighbor.  As you can see our neighbor has more clothes drying (Mom, Dad and two kids).  The second picture is so you can clearly see our clothes.

We took these pictures as we were leaving to go to Nice to visit the Matisse Museum there.  We took the bus to the Vieille Ville de Nice.  The Vieille Ville is of course located by the sea and port.  We then realized that the museum was in the hills of Nice near the ancient city of Cimiez.  It was only a 1.5 mile walk, but it was all up quite a steep hill.  But it was a great day for a walk - sunny skies, a little breeze and 55 degrees.  When we got to the museum we were happy to find a little lunch place in the park that included ancient Roman ruins as well as the Matisse Museum.

The museum is absolutely fantastic.  Matisse lived for quite awhile in Nice, and he and his family have given many works to the museum.  

There was virtually nobody else there so we could be in a room with all these fantastic works of art without being interrupted or disturbed by others.  His colors and the simplicity of his lines are remarkable and produce amazing works.  Here is one of my favorites.

It is not one of the well know gouaches decoupées, but it should be.

By the time we got home from Nice, we were ready to rest.  We skipped a party at the home of one of the students who has a flat in Nice and just watched Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as we ate a nice dinner in our flat.

On Sunday, we went down to the old town for a brunch by the sea where we relaxed and read the New York Times.  We walked around a little and then returned to our flat where we studied and read.  Jane worked hard on her presentation of extraterrestrial life for Tuesday.  It was a relaxing day.  

The red notebook is her class notes, and she is making an important point of grammar.

We are going to a friend's flat for dinner tonight which will be fun, and then back for the last week of school.  We are already getting sad about the end of school and saying goodbye to all our new friends.

More later,

Jane and the Unabashed Liberal