Taks... Renkames vyna!

O jus nesusimastet, kodel as begyvendama Prancuzijoje tiek laiko apie vyna net neuzsiminu? :) As pati tik dabar ta suvokiau. O paskutine para pagrinde buvo skirti apsivietimui vyno srityje! Ne tai kad as labai noreciau, ne tai kad man tai labai idomu, bet o ka daryt kai nuejes i parduotuve alaus vietinio jau nebenoris, eini i 6gubai didesni vynu skyriu ir... bandai pasikliaut savo instuicija?!

Ne, tai bloga praktika. Bandai daryt stai ka (dziaugiuos, kad jau bent skaityt +/- ismokau prancuziskai):

• identifikuoti regiona, is kurio kiles vynas. Probelma - juk nzn jokiu regionu, nuo ko pradet?
• ziurineji pagaminimo metus. Turint omeny, kad vynas cia kainuoja nuo 1.5e ir kainomis iki 3-4e - didelis pasitinkimas, tai pamacius 2002m vyna uz 3e pradedi abejot situom kriterijum
  
• pasirenki vynuogiu rusi. Deja, tik vakar parduotuvej sugalvojau sita kriteriju. Bet praktiskai man tas nepasiteisino kol kas. Gal del to, kad pasirinkau misinius
• apsiziuri prie ko tinka vynas - paskutinis kriterijus, kuri buvo imanoma sumastyti is vyno etikeciu :)

Taigi, eilini karta nusivylus ir uztaikius ant labai jau sausu vynu, nusprendziau edukuotis sitoje srityje, nes kitaip tektu mest gert! :D (na ok, radau is saldu balta vyna cia, bet ji kazkaip retai surandu, be to jo daznai neiseina gert).

Ko as griebiausi tai google ir mano nuostabai atradau vynogidas.info svetaine! Po keliu valandu praleistu ten pasijautau padariusi dideli zingsi i prieki vyno issirenkimo klausimu :) Nors dabar gal vistiek nieko gero neissirinkciau, bet bent zinociau kaip pradet degustacija ir atrasti Prancuzisko vyno skonius, kurie man butu prie sirdies. Vienas idomus dalykas apie vyna, kuris man iki siol lieka nezinomas tai kaip issirinkti bent jau ne sausa vyna, kurie sudaro dydziausia vynu dali. Deja, i sita klausima as dar nezinau atsakymo. O begyvenant Lietuvoje as atsakyciau paprastai - perskaityt etikete ar kazkas pan. Paprasta, ane? Galit pamanyt, kad prancuzu k. taip ir nepramokau :) Bet kad jie cia nieko panasaus neraso, nera tokio kriterijaus ant vyno etikeciu! Todel reikes degustuoti, bet bent jau dabar vynuogiu rusyse pradesiu gaudytis ir zinosiu ko galima butu ir vengti, o ka geriau rinktis. Besidalijant cia su jumis patirtimi, prisimenu kaip ne uz ilgo pries man isvaziuojant is Lietuvos, dovanu buvo gautos didziules vyno taures is Marciaus&Agnes, kurie tada man buvo sioks toks sokas. Bet dabar as galiu prisipazint, kad galiu pilnai ivertinti tos dovanos verte ir tauriu prasme :) Manau Agne dabar tures proga gerai pasijuokti is manes cia pasimetusios tarp vynu ir vos vos besigraibancios lentynose, bebandancios issirinkti ka nors saldesnio, kaip esu pripratus... Ech, na bet vynogidas mane gal isgelbes :) Jis tikrai gerai pritaikytas lietuviams, kurie naturalu, jog nieko nezino apie vyna :)

"Explorer"

Capoeira

After some time of coming to Sophia Antipolis, you may know, that in Garbejaire (a 'village' in Sophia Antipolis :) ) these is an MJC (Maison Jeunes Culture - Дом Культуры Молодёжы) where you can find a big variety of courses like language courses, sports, arts and etc. I personally was interested in French language courses, but accidentally I spotted Capoeira. I googled it in youtube and found some interesting clips, which drives me crazy recently:

• introduction
• tournament
• brazilians

Basically, it's about martial arts combined with dancing elements. And even when they are fighting, it looks awesome...

Bulviu sezono atidarymas

Jo, pagaliau ir cia bulviu kainos krito iki sezoniniu kainu, tai uzsitarinau bulvem. O kadangi esu atvykus is bulvininku salies, tai be abejo keptos bulves - pirmu numeriu!

Gaila, kad jos nesuteike tiek dziaugsmo, kiek gimtojoje Lietuvoje... nera to keptu bulviu aromato, kazkoks jis visai vos jauciamas. Bet vistiek skanu ;) O dabar nusprendziau ir bulviu kose paragaut - deja cia visai teko nusivilti. Jokio skonio, o tik jauciasi burnoje, kad bulves. O dar prisimeni, jog prancuzai yra juk uzkieteje ukininkai. Jie uz maisto kokybe ir pan. subsiduojami valstybes (ar EU?). Bet ne, bulves cia ne tos... Uztad tartar'as pas juos parduotuveje net yra :)

Trip to Barcelona, part 2

The Jardins de la Fontaine in Nîmes.

Pont du Gard

Some crazy french dog... But it makes me laugh :D

Cap d'Agde - a small town near Mediterranean sea. It's famous of nudist beach, which probably you can find during summer, but not during stormy weather. Still, it's not usual touristic place, it's houses are different from Cote d'Azur. You may think why not simply Agde and it's reasonable - it is located in ~5km from Cap. Agde - a small town, not very impresive and it has no smell of the sea :)

Yachts in Cap d'Agde.


Funny houses with the same colour all over the town.


Sea smells like Baltic sea and makes me feel like at home...




Béziers - here we made a stop to have some warm food after several sandwiches. There is a nice view of the Cathedral from a bridge with a way thin road and path for pedestrians - funny one :) This photo from was made on that bridge.




And the last townwe managed to visit that day Narbonne. I dont't why we were visiting it, propably it was on the way to Spain, however, it was a big surprise to found in the old town a big Castle-palace. It looked really amazing and the biggest surprise what the look of it from the yard. But I run out of the batteries for camera, so there is no picture. But still, it looked like an enterence to the castle from a fairy tale, like Alice in Wonderland or smth similar. That was WoW!

Palais des Archevêques




Looks bloody like Dracula's... Joking :)

To be continued...

Trip to BEAWorld (Barcelona, Spain), part 1

The trip starter during the last Saturday in September, just two days after a daily heavy rain appeared in a warm place like Cote d'Azud. That led to nasty weather for several days, however in Barcelona was sunny and warm - one more reason to go there :) So, me and my co-worker Adomas stated the journey from Grasse, France to Barcelona, Spain. We were supposed to arrive to Barcelona on the Monday evening. We rented a car, here is it:


It was unbelievably comfortable to travel with Pegeut 307. So, the first city to visit was Avignon, which is situated not far from Marseille.


There we took a nice walk to the old town through some interesting streets :)


We were heading right to the palace where Popes have lived several centuries ago. It is located near gardens, small parks, squares, churches and other cultural places.

Small pool with golden fish.


Small garden.




Here is the Palais des Papes where Pope lived.


The square near the palace, behind - Notre Dame des Doms.


Avignon is situated on the bank of Rhone.




Old town streets in Avignon.


An alive wall - with the real plants growing :)



After taking a walk in Avignon, we decided to visit Arles - old city with Roman and Greek motives like amphitheatre and etc.

Enterence to Arles old town.


Arles Roman arena.


Garden in the old town of Arles.


Amphitheatre in Arles. Still alive, people come to sing here.

To be continued...

Some new experience

Today I am very happy to share some really good news - it is a first lecture of French courses! And, that's not all:

• they are free!
• they are at Eurecome, means no need to go anywhere
• they are together with students!

The only minus that I discovered - they are organized only once a week. So, I am looking for other possibilities to get them gratuit :)

P.S. Also, I visited a hairdresser (at last!!!) :) It was extreme in a way... Cause I had to pay more then a was told several days ago. So, I was out cash! And, influenced by stress, completely forgot how to ask a bill in French (l'addittion) to understand why I was paying more. Lastly, when I brought the cash (it took ~30min), I got a discount for being a student :D I really need to take some tough French courses...

Issikrovus kuprine is po kelioniu....

...atrandi daug skaniu ir naudingu daiktu, kaip pvz. dalis ju yra nupaveiksluoti sekanciame foto:

1. Swiss sokoladukai

2. Alpine sokodalukai

3. Ivairus saldainiai, tame tarpe ir Hippopotamus :)

4. Tusinuku tik mazuma liko namie

5. Sasiuvinys

6. Deklas vizitinem kortelem

Kuriu nera foto:

7. Maike su BeaWorld20o7

8. Zalias besilankstantis zmogeliukas su laikrodziu vietoj galvos :D

9. Podstavke tusinukams, su laikrodziu ir kitais navarotais

10. Tase

11. Plastmasinis butelys vandeniui, ryskiai melynas - BeaWorld2007 :)

12. Dideles (0.5L) firmines (BeaWorld2007) stiklines (plastmasines)

15. Informaciniai kelialapiai turistams po Barselona, Viena, Zuricha, Monaka

16. Spalvoti piesimo piestukai Hippopotamus, bet tik 4 spalvos

17. Duso zele, sampunai

Oho kiek... Pasistengiau :) Haliava visalaik traukia, nebutumem is Rytu Europos :)

Back on track!

Gyva as, gyva! :) Niekas net nebande manes nuzudyt Barselonoj, o ir Vienos vietinio pobudzio lenkai nepasirode labai pyktais :)

Taigi, teko man biski pakeliaut, o pries keliones apturejau sveciu, apsistojusiu gana ilga laika. Per keliones teko aplankyt pietine Prancuzija, kadangi buvo keliauta su masina i BeaWorld2007 konferencija Barselonoje. Pietine Prancuzija pilna romenu statiniu: amfiteatrai, sodai, akvedukai, tiltai po ~50m aukscio... O pati Barselona randasi Ispanijos regione pavadinimu Katalonija, tai ten teko nosi irgi ikist - amazing vietoves! O ir Barselona su Gaudi architektura tiesiog pribloskia savo kulturiniais, architekturiniais bei meniniais kuriniais. Manau ten tai jau butu galima savaite explore"inti apylinkes ir vis but kuo nors stebinamam.

Kita dalis - Viena, kur pamaciau pagaliau pagrindine dali bendradarbiu :) At last! Tas buvo fun, nors jie tuom jau nebesidziauge, tipo seniai matytos rozhos... Che che, ten apturejau proga daugiau suzinoti apie zmones, su kuriais vykdomas tas pats projektas ir su kuriais karts nuo karto yra kovojama :) O Viena - primena kazkiek Lietuva - pilka, vesu, daug alaus kabokose :) Paskurinio resurso kokybes pagrindu apturejau gera laika ragaujant ivairu alu, parduodama kabokuose - nei vienu nenusiviliau! Veliau issiaiskinau ir is bendradarbiu, jog Prancuzijoje alaus jie nevartojo, o tik labiau vokiskuose salyse - that's right! Zodziu, pasijutau beveik kaip namie :)

Taigi fotkes veliau - neturiu dabar su savim. Na o keliones jau kaip ir baigesi, dabar toliau bus galima kibt i darbus bi dziaugtis sauletom dienom, nors jau ir nebetokiom siltom kaip anksciau.