Day 58: Pau, France

Today was a pretty good day, with a lot of trumpet.  I woke up around 8h and didn't do a whole lot right away.  By 8h 45, I hot up and cleaned up my room a little bit and watched some YouTube videos. :) At around 11h, I started warming up for day one of my dewly devised practicing routine.  Basically it goes like this:

1 hour: Warm up and long tones and simple articulation exercises
2 hours: All of my other stuff like scales and articulations studies and arpeggios and interval studies
1 hour: lip slurs, music that is fun

It worked really well today, though I was pretty tired from lots of playing yesterday.  It is good because it is more directed and keeps me on task.  In between the first and second sessions, I folded my laundry and showered and listened to more stuff on YouTube.  I have been trying to find good French musicians.

After my long session, I went into town.  I found a shortcut to walk to town, it isn't that great, but it saves a few minutes.

This is the street I walk down now.

The Wright brothers actually lived and worked in Pau, and the first flight school in the world ever was established here.  Here's a link explining some of that history.  It's pretty cool.  There are also lots of pictures and other things to ready.  Let me know how they are...  AVION!





I was going to go to this museum, but it is closed on Mondays.  HOWEVER, on the way to the museum, is Giorgio's spot.  And he was there! I considered myself very fortunate, so I got two scoops of sorbet; mango and grapefruit.  The grapefruit was absolutely incredible.  I'm really glad I got to have it again.

This is where I sat and ate my ice cream.  Behind me is the court house of Pau.  This plaza ends with a very large fountain.  The two pyramids at the left and far right mark the two ends. 

Since the museum was closed, but it was too early to eat dinner,  went to a few stores.  I bought a sweater, a scarf, and some black socks for the opera shows.  I then just wandered around Pau for a while, because it was still way too early for dinner.

I found this cool, windy, narrow and hilly street in the oldest part of the city.

Finally, I got tired of waiting for more time to pass, so I just went and got a Kebab so I could go home.  When I got there, my family was back, so it's nice to have people in the house again.  It sounds like they had a good trip.  Their drive was only 6 hours! It took me 9 hours to go less distance on a train.

I did my last hour, and it went pretty well.  Now, I think I am getting sick.  I feel absolutely exhausted, even though I didn't do a whole lot, so I am going to go to sleep.