Marseille: Palais Longchamp

One of the most beautiful places in Marseille - Palais Longchamp, located in a crappy district, but is overwhelmed with magnificence of the palace.

Cavaliare-sur-Mer

Cavaliare-sur-Mer plage, Côte d'Azur

Natural park of Camargue

This week-end I had a trip to Camargue that is famous for its natural wild life. Wild flamingos, bulls and horses live there. Nice week-end, night at the Marseille with lots of music (Fête de la Musique) and an opening of the swimming season :)

A. Grasse (home)
B. Cavaliere sur Mer - fantastic beach
C. Cassis - nice village
C.1 Marseille - Fête de la Musique
D. Camargue - Natural park


Grasse - Camargue, France

Firefox 3.0

Įdomus faktai apsireiškė po Firefox 3.0 versijos atsiradimo. Pasirodo lietuviai yra karšti jo fanatai. Ką gi, prisipažistu ir aš esu viena iš jų. Bet prie Prancūzijos statistikos gerinimo visgi nebuvau prisidėjus.

O gi dabar pastebiu, kad jei netyčia tenka nauduotis kokiu kitu browser'iu, tai yra dažniausiai kančia. Na gal apart kelis retesnius, kurie visai mieli, bet nevisada yra palaikomi puslapių :) Aš dar vakar išgirdus apie tokį rekordą pamasčiau kas čia galėjo taip paveikti. Pagalvojau gal koks delfi.lt, nes pati dar mačiau kaip ten 2 dienas iš eilės skelbė apie Firfox 3.0 versijos išleistuves. Who knows... gal čia kokia klaida visgi :) Ar negi mes tokie užketėję fanai?!

Marseille: Cathedral

Fountains: Antibes

Marseille: Vieux Port

I was walking just like this tourist on the picture above, with the map and huge camera in my hands. I saw the old port mostly through my camera, thus I share it with the rest of the world :) In the morning there is a small market with lost of smelly fish and various souvenirs. During evening people come simply to enjoy the view, or have a dinner, or have a party with friends :) Very big and enjoyable place in Marseille.

A wondering tourist


Fishing boat

Something that is still alive!


Super fast ship (or whatever it's called)


Vieux Porte, Marseille


Basilique de Notre Dame de la Garde (on the hill)

Sunset in Vieux Port

Marseille: one side of its face

This week-end I spent in Marseille. It is the second-largest city of France with a population about 1,5 million people. I was very surprised when I saw the city as its shown in following pictures. I would say its only one side of Marseille, however, not the best. I started my exploration from the very beautiful train station and went to the heart of the city - old port.


Gare de St Charle, Marseille (the trees are real)


Just 50m from train station, left hand


Just 50m from train station, right hand


100m from the train station

University in Marseille

Fuel strike!

Truck drivers demonstration on Monday from 6:00 AM:
- semi-block of access to Nice airport
- slow movement on A8 motorway

C'est la vie en France :)

I start to think that this may be the reason why I was late to get to Nice airport by bus last time when was going to Lithuania. I got stuck on the motorway in a huge jam and as a result I had to pay for the car parking at the airport. Merde!

Praregėjimas: čipsai

Kai svečiavausi LT, manau nemažai kam užsiminiau, jog čipsai Lietuvoje fantastiškai skanūs. O kokie čipsai JAV, tai išviso gi pasaka... niam niam!

Ką tik spoksojau viena akim pusiau edukacinį filmą apie maistą su geru gabalu priešistorės apie fast-foodą. Dabar man atrodo suprantu kodėl Prancūzijoje tie įžymieji čipsai tokie neskanūs. Pagrindinis šiuolaikinių čipsų sėkmės kriterijus yra geras skonis (pagal filmą, su kuo sunku ginčiotis), kuriam sukurti yra naudojama kažkokia medžiaga skonio sustiprinimui. Todėl vis norisi jų dar ir dar ir dar... ir alus jau nebe toks skanus (bent jau man :) ). O gi prancūzai yra sveiko maisto fanatai, todėl nekokybišką maistą rasti čia sunku. Bet čipsai čia tragiški (skonis, ne kokybė), nežinau ar čia daug kas juo perka... Gal dėl vaizdo :)

P.S. Nesu čipsų fanatė ir suvalgau per metus duok Dieve 200gr.

Muzikinis hitas

Aga, plagijuoju, bet tikrai veža tokie energingi veikėjai kaip šie :))

A visit to Lithuania

Visiting Lithuania in June is really impressive :) And it always was like that during the warm period of the year. However, coming back to Cote d'Azur is not a less pleasant thing to do :)

Having only a few spare minutes lets me to post only the views from Vilnius and its suburbs that I saw through the camera and not only. The only place that is missing is Trakai. Don't know how it happened that no appropriate pictures were taken. I think the food and drinks have filled my arms :))

By the way, at last I have declared my income taxes for the French government. It took me *only* 3,5 hours. And the rest of the free time after my return to France I was preparing for meeting the guests from Lithuania, which means probably a few (or even no) posts for some time. So, enjoy Lithuania ;)


Rotushe & its new fountain, Vilnius, Lithuania


Museum, Rumshishkes, Lithuania
(celebrating friend's birthday)


Orthodox Church, Vilnius, Lithuania
(searching for my grandma, who is an often guest there)


Cemetery, near Vilnius, Lithuania
(in the memory of my beloved grandpa)

Very popular person currently in Lithuania (on the left). I had a chance to visit him at the very first day of his debut :) I knew nothing when I came there (shame on me), but I liked it a lot. I wish a good luck to Irmantas Jablonskas!

Sriubu restaurant, Vilnius, Lithuania