More catchin' up: Macon

I guess I should show off my town a bit. It is pretty good-sized, which is nice. There are plenty of shops and stuff, though it is not as much fun as a city would have been.

Ok, this is from one night when a several of the assistants went out for coffee together. We are sitting outside one of the many cafes and restaurants that line the river. Very nice. The people from left to right are: Sarah (Iowa), Cipriano (Venezuela), Evelyn (Germany), and Andrea (Germany). We had a good time.
This shot is from the same night. The bridge in the background is very old and very pretty.
Just about every Friday we all get together to have dinner at Erin's apartment. It's a pretty low-key affair, and we have a good time. Erin is the one kneeling, and you can see the back of Gael's head, who has the other bedroom in her apartment. The apartment is attached to the side of a teacher's home, and Erin gets her room in exchange for working with the teacher's kids on their English.
Here's a shot of the girls that same night. Front row: Andrea, Sarah, me. Back row: Evelyn and Erin. I have to give credit where it's due on this one. Cipriano actually took this picture of Saint Laurent, the town across the Saone River from Macon.

These next few shots are of Vieux Saint-Vincent (11th-12th century). It is closed now because it isn't in very good condition, but you can look through the glass to see inside where there are some old tombs and stuff. It is very beautiful.

The front door is now just glass, where you can see the reflection of the Prefecture.

This is the tower.

Here you can see a common phenomenon: a new building has been built into an old one. Here a restaurant called, of course, Le Medieval, has been built into the old church, so a humble restaurant has medieval arches on its side. This sort of thing was everywhere in Cluny, which I'll write about another time.