The theater at Orange

March 23rd 2006
Today I went to Orange to see the best preserved Roman theater outside of the Middle East. And let me tell you, it was impressive... and covered in scaffolding. But still, it's cool. It can hold 10,000 specatators and has pretty incredible acoustics for being over 2000 years old. I took the train there, after have to sprint to the train station in Marseille from the bus stop. Ug. It was a c ... read more

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Sarah Howe

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Spending a month on sabbatical from work in Washington DC to take a Korean language course at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Previous entries from January to May 2006, when I studied abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France. I have loved traveling ever since I was a kid and my family took road trips all over the US. In the summer of '05 I spent a month in China on a research trip with my advisor. Now I've returned to Asia to have another go at hot humid weather and tasty exotic foods in a vibrant city. I've been on three continents so far- only four to go! Hope you enjoy the journals... full info

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