The journey: Year 3

It's probably time I dished out the third installment of my "The journey" series. The last post on it was over a month ago!

Though you will find (or might have found) that I haven't been idle...I have just had too many things to blog about, so much so that I didn't find it necessary to have recourse to this :P And this month, with the photo challenge you will already have a post a day, though I believe I will post up some other "usual" things as well!

So here we go.

August 2005: Lyon


My third year in France was my first year in Lyon, where I spent the remaining five years of my stay in France. And August 2005 was when I first set foot in Lyon. Though this photo was taken in my last few months there :P

October 2005: Geneva, Lausanne and Basel (Switzerland)

Geneva, the fountain (or jet d'eau)

Lausanne, the view over Lac Léman (or Lake Geneva)

Basel, where my fondest memory was the dollhouse museum (Puppenhausmuseum (I can't believe I remembered the name, that just shows what furry little things can do to me :P ) )
This isn't the museum, though...it's the town hall.

October 2005: Colmar

Among all the places, this is the easiest photo to decide on! I love the house and its reflection on the water...we were lucky it was such a fine day ^_^

I actually went to Colmar from Basel, and returned to Lyon from Colmar. (It wasn't a separate trip from the one to Switzerland)

During my first year in France (when I was in Angoulême), I had already visited Tours and La Rochelle, the other two towns where we Malaysian students were sent. Colmar is further away (in the east whereas those three other towns are more in the west), so I didn't get to go there until I was in Lyon (which, incidentally, is in the east as well ;) ).

December 2005: Rouen

Le gros horloge (the big clock)

After Angoulême, I went to Lyon...but the others went to other towns. Rouen was one of them.

April 2006: Nice, Monaco and Cannes

We were all over France, but that spring break we managed to get a bunch of us together for a little trip down south. (that is not easy to do...as the future years will tell)

the beach in Nice

ships in Monaco (which is NOT a part of France, but a country in itself, in case you do not know ;) )

a (very!) famous handprint in Cannes

There wasn't really anything to see in Cannes...we heard that it's only lively there during the Cannes film festival. But we did see a whole lot of handprints of stars...and take photos of ourselves in front of the red carpet :P

May 2006: Annecy


A lovely town not far from Lyon, with a lovely (and huge!) lake.

Recap:
Aug 2005: Lyon
Oct 2005: Geneva
Oct 2005: Lausanne
Oct 2005: Basel
Oct 2005: Colmar
Dec 2005: Rouen
April 2006: Nice
April 2006: Monaco
April 2006: Cannes
May 2006: Annecy