Sunday, January 27, 2008

National ballroom dancing competition in Valence

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National Ballroom Dance competition in Valence
Stardard dances (tango, foxtrot, waltz, things of that sort)

Junior Dance Latin (rhumba, salsa, things of that sort)

dance advanced latin

Video Standards


Junior Latin

Advanced Latin

Just a little from Stephanies house

So heres just some photos from us making chili at Stephanies place last weekend and possibly a little video treat!
here stephanie and I making chili Im pouring a bowl and clearly need to pull my pants up it appears I have some skin hanging out!

We didnt have a can opener so Loic (her brother) had to get a hammer and a camping one to do it!

So here is the lovely rendition of Britney Spears Stronger by the way I know I have alovely singing voice... and stephanie is wonderful playing the complimentary rape whistle that she was given! Ive written the new lyrics to stronger... to listen watch the video...unfortunatly my camera ran out or memory during the middle of it so we only got one chorus!

Monday, January 21, 2008

Chamrousse Skiiing (falling)

So this past weekend I went skiing with my family in the mountains at Chamrousse (i think) and heres some pictures... just a note to add that my alpine ski skillscould use a little help as I found myself frequently falling and rolling down the mountain,losing skis, sunglasses, etc... we get the picture so these are mostly scenic shots...
Scenic taken from the chair lift

also scenic as we were peaking on the chair lift

us at the top of the mountain.. is Roman, Jeremine, Jeremy, me, and Laurie

The mountains really close as we were leaving

again with slightly better lighting

the slopes

scenic shot here of the beginner slope (the one i probably needed to stay on)

another from about midway down on of the low slopes

loading the chair lift

scenic shot from the chair lift

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Foulee Blanche

So... this wednesday I went and cross country ski raced in the Foulee Blanche, but actually we just did it for leisure not going too extremely fast or anything because except for Johanna we arent any good! But anyways there was hundreds maybe thousands of people there racing and it was at a ski resort called Autran about an hour and a half from Saint Marcellin... so heres the photos...

First we will start off with this lovely picture of Monica after she fell!
some people nearing the finish line
this was at the very start right when everyone took off
everyone starting off
the ski traffic jams as the race attempted to go up a hill
a picture of the village and the skiiers

another traffic jam
and another
stephanie johanna and monica practicing
the starting line
the world champion of cross country skiing started the race



everyone before it got started just being leisurely
me ready to go
people flocking to the starting line
starting line this is a bit repetitive


a poster from the event
stephanie johanna and I before the race
the chestnut spread truck
johanna helping hannah get her skis on correctly
just a bunch of people before hand






scenic view
another and there is the ski station
hannah and monica modeling their lovely ski overalls
stephanie and I modeling tobaggans and sunglasses

Monica and Hannah on the bus
Stephanie doing my hair on the bus
johanna monica and hannah when we had just arrived
the girls with their skis
me added in this one








Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Pictures Morocco... Dance Night, New Room

Laurie and I posing for a lqst minute Christmas picture before the tree comes down...

Different Angle...

Jocelynne and I dancing at the festival one night where we had a king festival and dancing

Jocelynne and Laurie Dancing

Again

A bit Dark but its me dancing after I found the little trinket in the cake and had to be the queen and dance withsome random guy all alone while everyone watched the "royal dance"

Joceylne and the friend dancing (he takes country dance with us)

me dancing with the friend whose name I have forgotten but takes country with us

again

and again

Jocelyne and I dancing



My new room... loving the Michelle Kwan there on the wall

other view notice the bart simpson poster(already there) and I added the figure skating calendar under it

desk which is now messier than that

cats and the iguana there and then a photo of Sasha cohen and I on the wall... plus a slightly provocative motorycle girl poster that is a bit of a mirror so you can see you self in her uh hum

the lovely puzzle ive started... probably stupid but one can watch how slowly it progresses... im going at the rate of about one piece a night





The kitchen in my new house although it has already been featured in various cooking photos

the living room dining room

my bathroom connected to my room... so nice not to have to share!


Now a few from Morocco although Im still waiting for some better ones it seems as if we have an out of commission computer andwe are waiting for that!


So here we are having dinner at Aziz (the gardeners house)

eating with the spoons from the one plate

an out of order picture of my suitcases and boxes when I moved and thats minus the coats lol (does anyone see the bag of underwear?

just a photo of the moving process of everything all over the place in boxes and bags and things that I dont use but have anyway because we though before i came that i really needed a lot more than I really do.


Back to Morocco here is me with a lovely hair do sufferingin the wind on the roof of a carpet shop beside a mosque overlooking the main square

again; but closer to get a better look at the hair

this is actually a photo that no one will get a laugh out of excpet the bourgeois and me because this was at a cafe where we were having tea and it was actually in a fancy hotel and the foor started absolutely waterfalling and it was someones shower and every 3 minutes a waiter would come look in astonishment of the lakes forming and the couches and pillows getting ruined every 2 minutes... it was a catastrophe to say the least!

oh ok another one of us eating notice the one roominess of that house!

and another these are so out of order!


The beach in Casablanca

the entrance to the souks

the bongs for sale

a carpet store

the square from the roof of the carpet store

Dark pictures from inside the mosque on Casablanca

another

where you wash your feet... we had to take off our shoes and carry them around in plastic bags here

the baths

the beach in Casablanca

Outside view of the mosque, the biggest mosque in the world

another but the camera with an opposite tilt

the beach again

inside the mosque


A princess palace

our riad taken from the roof

gardens

gardens that blue color had some sort of special signifigance

Dirhams... the moroccain currency

Another palace but more in ruins than the other

the city from above: Marrakech

Storks!

the slightly destroyed palace again

and again

scenic pictures of the square

the osque with the horse carriages

sylvie and I in front of the biggest mosque in Marrakech

and another where we are talking but I look stupid

another without the odd camera angle

My shower in Marrakech... its clearly bad planning that when you take a shower there isnt a tub or anything so it just floods the floor each night... oh yeah and the water is non drinkable and a bit untouchable it seemed... it started brown and turned yellow and then finally close to clear!

my room

the souks clearly there was a fantom standing in front of the left side of the camera

again the souks

Moroccains selling spices

my suitcases ready for morocco... notice again the underwear... I havent seen those pairs of underwear since! How sad

the doors and the importance of this photo was to show that actually you use the little doors inside the big doors and you have to crowch down to enter the room


The atlas mountains