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

I see the Chivers anyway

The French guy was very inspired this year by Eurovision contest :)) Oh, I just adore him!



Update: Actually, looks like this post attracts a big number of visitors from Europe wondering around about the 'Chivers' :) It happened so that I do know where does it come from - it's taken from a French movie "Steak" and is about a group of guys, calling themselves Chivers, and behaving according to a certain funny rules.

Festival de Cannes 2008

Festival in Cannes is going on currently, it's a second week and this Sunday it's going to close. For this reason, lots of people all over the world are gathering in Côte d'Azur. Yesteday I and my colleague have visited it in the evening. The main aim was to watch an old movie filmed by Clint Eastwood in 70ies which was filmed in San Francisco :) All this was organized on the beach in Cannes, in the evening. Before the movie there was a band playing Twin Peaks sound track until it gets dark. The atmosphere was unforgettable... The surprise was to see Clint Eastwood on the same scene just before the movie and to make a nice shot of him.


Scene in Cannes






The band playing Twin Peaks




Clint Eastwood telling a few words