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JAPANESE feast

2009-09-02T19:39:00.003+03:00

GILLIANE sees Berlin - and it can be dreadful

2009-03-24T18:25:00.003+02:00

görlitzer Park

everybody knows

GILLIANE sees Berlin - deeper in the East

2009-03-24T18:11:00.004+02:00

comment-ça le coffre est ouvert !?!

she is right, exercices are important

GILLIANE sees Berlin - streetart

2009-03-24T18:04:00.001+02:00

GILLIANE sees Berlin

2009-03-24T17:45:00.001+02:00

also by the window

GILLIANE sees Berlin

2009-03-24T16:55:00.002+02:00

by the window

Sonntag/Mauerpark/FLOHMARKT weeeeeeeeee

2008-12-09T10:49:00.002+02:00

cool (neon) SIGNS - also for Marilou

2008-11-03T18:56:00.002+02:00

first and last TIME

2008-11-03T18:30:00.002+02:00

Last week, the airport from Berlin called Tempelhof closed... Occasion to visit the place the last day of its public opening - for the first time.

for Marilou ;)

this light ...

first step to SUCCESS

2008-10-29T20:16:00.002+02:00

my lovely Géraldine

PALAST der Republik

2008-10-23T14:09:00.002+03:00

how it used to be

PALAST der Republik - Ostalgie

2008-10-23T13:45:00.002+03:00

good place, good time, good light, wrong camera

let me INTRODUCE ...

2008-10-04T21:56:00.003+03:00

my neighbours !

Alex & Marie

ALIVE ! she is alive !

2008-09-09T03:27:00.002+03:00

We all thought this blog would be dead after one year of erasmus experiences but actually I am in Berlin and it is not going to stop ... keep an eye on it ;)

LAST erasmus trip (part 3)

2008-08-26T21:54:00.003+03:00

now the drinks ...

beer in Tallinn, yes

beer in the boat, before Stockholm

mmm ... this must be Sweden

LAST erasmus trip TRIBUTE

2008-08-26T21:46:00.002+03:00

to the girl on the right

who managed to surprize Claudia with the amount of food ;)

LAST erasmus trip (part 2)

2008-08-26T21:33:00.002+03:00

now the fooooood (come on, I travelled with Claudia ;)

Tallinn, after the beach, somewhere in the "forest"

Tallinn, in a brewery : like german food

Tartu, from the supermarket

AAAAA, Stockholm, THE french Hot-Dog

Stockholm, unpronouncable Hot-Dog

LAST erasmus trip (part 1)

2008-08-26T21:19:00.004+03:00

As it's the last one, it has to be unforgetable !
Take a lot of means of transportation !

first one

bigger for those who haven't got good eyes

guess the second one ...

my favourite :)

and of course ... the dear bus

LAST erasmus trip introduction

2008-08-26T21:11:00.004+03:00

It used to be in June ...

feet in the water : those girls need the sea ...

eating olives : those girls need TAPAAAAS !!!

what to do when you leave Lithuania soon ? a trip :)

Vilnius - Riga - Tallinn - Stockholm - Riga - Vilnius

Let's go

UFOs gib's doch gar nicht

2008-05-19T19:54:00.002+03:00

don't ask me why : lithuanians are crazy about exhibitions

this is the place : enjoy space, light and colors

the best point of view I found, climbing somehow

sketches

model

GENUINE WRECK

(loque véritable)

THE come back

2008-05-19T19:37:00.004+03:00

when life is revolving around one thing ...

the tapestry is nearly done. Last step : to carry it from my room to school !

hem : not so easy finally

once again : the traditional break

the last picture I have, before cutting

5 STEPS from home

2008-04-24T13:38:00.004+03:00

The river "Neris"

I live in "tilto gatve"; tiltas : bridge. You can imagine how close I am.

some mega mix

let's go to the cinema

THE cinema (very good movies, especially during the french festival)

Welcome to Uzupis

2008-04-24T13:15:00.006+03:00

district of Vilnius, Uzupis is an independent republic since 1997

Its name means : "on the other side of the river". The river is named "Vilnia"

an example of what can happen there, when the weather is good

(clic ! clic on the picture)

SUN is shining - the weather is sweeeeeet

2008-04-24T13:03:00.003+03:00

buy ADIDAS

in the middle of the lithuanian capitale

no leaves but blue sky. don't be too demanding ;)

AIR FORCE guy

2008-04-24T13:00:00.003+03:00

hem ... this is a teacher from printing department :)

print&print, print AGAIN (part 1)

2008-04-15T10:25:00.004+03:00

As I'm STILL doing the tapestry, I'll show some "mega mix" of printing techniques; only on metal plates.

whatever the technique : first the metal plate has to be clean , as shiny and as reflective as a mirror

this is aqua forte : some magic powder u spread on the plate. Then you warmth it and it melt.

here the plate is ready for acid : magic powder has melt and the dark part (lacquer) is dry. It will protect the plate from acid.

acid, plate with lacquer and powder

print&print, print AGAIN (part 2)

2008-04-15T10:16:00.004+03:00

so now it's the common part. Etching, aqua forte or dry point : same steps.

plate, sheet of paper and this kind of grey fabric

then gently and with clean finger (hem hem), you take off the sheet

this is dry point

(and this is not straight)

lithograph - FLASH BACK (part 1)

2008-03-29T14:59:00.003+02:00

as I am always weaving and there is nothing really exciting about it, I will finally show what I did before Winter holidays : lithograph

the place where you clean stones before using it

THE stone : about 60 kg; thanks for helping Laurane

looks like she is doing all the job !

the stone must always be wet

preparing ink

roller used to ink the stone

lithograph - FLASH BACK (part 2)

2008-03-29T14:51:00.004+02:00

it's really heavy

some acid and magic stone to clean what shouldn't be black

some help from the teacher : Jolanta :)

after cleaning

ready to be printed !

lithograph - FLASH BACK (part 3)

2008-03-29T14:44:00.003+02:00

precision is important : if you do it to fast, you can break stones :s

take off the sheet

and that's it

***** pictures by Verena *****

PUAH !

2008-03-15T12:28:00.001+02:00

a little bit of HUNGARY: gulash

2008-03-09T22:50:00.005+02:00

made by polish guys

a little bit of HUNGARY : gulash (collage ?)

2008-03-08T15:31:00.006+02:00

actually it looks pretty good

looks satisfied

will see after eating

mmm-maybe

Múm***concert in WARSAW (part 1)

2008-03-08T15:05:00.002+02:00

1st of March : concert ! Everything was really good : place, music, people ;)

"fabryka Trzciny" is the name of the place. Trzciny means "reed" (roseau) but I may be wrong (my polish translator is on strike)

it used to be a marmelade factory, now people have drink there

the bar

Múm***concert in WARSAW (part 2)

2008-03-08T14:21:00.002+02:00

a part of the wall in the room where the concert took place

first song

frog song

frog sound

yeah

was ist DAS ?

2008-02-18T22:55:00.005+02:00

meeting

little bit of everything

it's lithuanian NATIONAL DAY !

gobelinas - REMEMBER ? (part1)

2008-02-17T14:55:00.006+02:00

well... you remember maybe this tapestry ?

me too ...

actually it's becoming a team work

with well-informed adviser

and appropriate tools

you will get used to see me in this position,

i'm getting used to it already

gobelinas - REMEMBER ? (part 2)

2008-02-17T14:15:00.000+02:00

so here we are ...

yes

aperi-CHIC (part 1)

2008-01-24T01:43:00.000+02:00

As school will begin only in the middle of February, let's have a small overview of the printing department. Don't be jealous ;)

shiny happy people

fine work on wall's texture

famous Pantone Chair

Rembrandt's

aperi-CHIC (part 2)

2008-01-24T01:29:00.000+02:00

another way

war machines

fighting against the ennemy

survival kit

no need to worry : they have a plant

old BREWERY (part 1)

2008-01-19T16:00:00.001+02:00

addiction ? New year begins as last year endded!

welcome

+look around the place+

scary basement

old BREWERY (part 2)

2008-01-19T15:45:00.000+02:00

THEIR (Tibo's and last teacher's) roof (the best place)

;)

starting team work

was ist das ?

tribute to all dead christmas turkeys

R.I.P

LAST day (part1)

2008-01-17T19:37:00.001+02:00

31st of December : last day to do last things you wanted to do! OK, it's not in Lithuania but still it's a little bit interesting ;)

Our last teacher (if you want to do last things, you need last teacher). I know, he doesn't really look like a teacher ...

Drawing to prepare last thing. Last students look more serious than last teacher

Special last technique to clean special last wall

Let him express his last art ;)

not that bad

at least

LAST day (part 2)

2008-01-17T18:49:00.000+02:00

the last pig of the year

the last black sunglasses of the year (Tibo's graffiti)

Gilliane's

and my purple bulldog

merry ERASMUS christmas

2007-12-20T20:24:00.000+02:00

our Mrs Claus

to GET USED

2007-12-20T20:13:00.000+02:00

I miss you girls

INTERLUDE+++++let me introduce my flatmates+++++

2007-12-15T11:26:00.000+02:00

VERENA, 22, Germany; speaks fluently german and english, understands french and truputi lietuviskai

UNESCO chair in Vilnius' academy, great sharp-eye ( be careful ), future business-girl, coffee-with-milk drinker, best planner, and so on

serial photographer VERENA

2007-12-15T10:17:00.000+02:00

traditional way

little bit more complicated

without mirror now

actually she is not talented, she just has special glasses :p

and her own model : Grazina the yellow poney

FAME - tv in Vilnius

2007-12-08T11:05:00.000+02:00

Last week-end, television interview : about erasmus, Europe, european union, opinions, and so on. For a belgian and a german channel. Pleasant meeting with André and Sven :)

First : little discussion, we plan the day together. Walk through old town. And first "interview" about Europe, our experience, what we learn, etc.
+Charlotte, me, Thibaud, André, Sven+

Then, I lead them to this place : teachers from printing department and friends are painting in the city :)

"interview" with Jolanta, my favourite printing teacher :D MISSION : understanding questions, repeating in french to the camera, asking Jolanta in english, understanding english, translating into french ! ouch :s

+me, Jolanta, Sven+

look around the place

all the group
fine day

+thanks for pictures frogman ;)+

Klaipeida-NIDA sea, snow and wind (part 1)

2007-11-29T17:18:00.000+02:00

Last week-end : sea ! 4 hours bus from Vilnius to Klaipeida.

Youth hotel, lithuanian karaoke (nice!), bowling, party ...

puzzle ?

hip-hop stars ?

ferry from dead city Klaipeida to beautiful Curonian Spit(about 10mn)

on the way

about one hour bus through the National Park, sea on both part of the road

Klaipeida-NIDA sea, snow and wind (part 2)

2007-11-29T17:02:00.000+02:00

little walk trough the forest, dunes, and finally ...

THE baltic sea :D

dark side of the moon

enjoying last minutes of this strange light. the water is cold, believe me; and worse than North Sea !

Klaipeida-NIDA sea, snow and wind (part 3)

2007-11-29T16:51:00.000+02:00

Last day : walk through dead dunes. The bus driver stopped in the middle of nowhere to let us go out and enjoy the beautiful landscape.

but maybe 5 mn after the bus left, snow !

anyway, this place is amazing

and people there too ;)

desert, forest, sea and snow ...

no other conclusion : I love Lithuania

CRAZY forest (Labanoras)

2007-11-29T13:38:00.000+02:00

Two weeks ago : little trip to the forest with printing teacher, former silk-screen printing teacher, girlfriend, 2 french erasmus students and me

this is the place

we were 6 persons and 4 of them were bathing (and drinking vodka)

key words : fire, vodka, synthesizer or mobile phone very loud, barbecue, snow, bathing, eating, drinkink, cutting wood ...

the two french girls

the place and me (sleepless night before)

i drove during ALL the way back home ! (and I'm proud) little ways through the forest, a lot of snow, lithuanian car :p , lithuanian roads

nice lithuanian day with nice lithuanian people :)

lithuanian TAPESTRY (gobelinas)

2007-11-20T21:39:00.000+02:00

today, in textile department, I've been told that now i'm "ready to work" and all those technical exercices are over...

I don't know why but I suddenly answered : "I think I prefer tapestry than weaving". So next work will be on this kind of frame

-huh-

anyway : I'm here for one year (and the model is good company)

60's SNOW*****

2007-11-14T22:43:00.000+02:00

Saturday evening : party, we had to dress up. Topic : 50's, 60's, 70's

and suddenly...

***SNOW***

spanish reaction :D

french reaction :/

christmas mother

around the flat where we were

RIGA je reviendraaa (part 1)

2007-11-14T11:44:00.000+02:00

Two weeks ago, we had a longer week-end so we went a little bit further : Riga, Latvia's capitale. A lot of russians, a lot of germans, a lot of frenches.

-arrival-

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten. German present, maybe because of the past of the town : Riga was a member of the Hanseatic League.

-if you want more- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League

Inhabitant, sells woolen socks, hats and so on. Speaks german with a nice kind of austrian accent "ich habe velschiiiidene glüüüne"

we did a lot of breaks in nice places like this one.

guess why

yes

nevertheless, the next day, our german guide Peter (friend of a friend : Chris, german, studies law in Vilnius) offered us a tour round main places. WET COLD NICE

architectural bug

RIGA je reviendraaa (part 2)

2007-11-14T11:18:00.000+02:00

one more bug

-last day-

the market : outside + 3 huge halls. They were built for zepelins

1 : meat and cold cuts

2 : "bakery"

3 : fishes and sea food

little walk round the center. Topic ? Art Nouveau !

We took advantage of the nice weather :)

and at the very end, just before leaving, guess who we met ? Riga's legend :) If you go there, you'll surely hear about her. She goes from place to place, switches on the music and dances -always the same steps-

INTERLUDE+++++let me introduce my flatmates+++++

2007-11-05T20:30:00.000+02:00

CLAUDIA, 22, Spain; speaks fluently spanish, intermediate in english (better every day)

painting department in Vilnius' academy, great party girl, always full of energy, smiling, enthusiastic and so on

queen of the night CLAUDIA

2007-11-05T20:06:00.000+02:00

what's her secret ?

paaaarty :D

never tired

her spanish associate : Jessica

Spanish on FIRE !

2007-11-05T19:58:00.001+02:00

let's go !

dancing !

Spanish on FIRE ?

2007-11-05T19:10:00.000+02:00

ok sometimes life is hard

till next time !

KAUNAS last week ( part 1 )

2007-11-05T18:53:00.000+02:00

Kaunas used to be Lithuania's capitale ... one time

About 1 hour from Vilnius by bus

public wc

one of the main street

-visit of an art museum, no need to show pitures-

-visit of the devil's museum, funny-

COMMUNICATION hum ... maybe because the city is a kind of desert

resurrection church

on the top !

KAUNAS last week ( part 2 )

2007-11-05T18:09:00.000+02:00

close to the church

then Kaunas by night; little walk in the old town

Kaunas' castle

-a drink-

and back home !

Rendons à CESAR ce qui appartient à CESAR

2007-10-31T21:40:00.000+02:00

précision nécessaire

special thanks to Julia, Verena, Claudia and Jessica for all the nice pictures

Lithuanian GIRLS

2007-10-31T21:16:00.000+02:00

I've been asked so many times ... so now guys

HERE YOU ARE !

weather forecast on tv, public channel, nothing special

next to the cathedral

and that's it :)

MAIS tu travailles ?

2007-10-27T23:08:00.000+03:00

mui

i've got my own one

FLASH back

2007-10-25T17:36:00.000+03:00

once upon a time there were 4 girls ... going to their first school day

language barrier

clothes barrier

huh :S

DEEPER in Trakai

2007-10-25T00:46:00.000+03:00

the city offers a huge number of friendly people ...

smily and kind

they usually offer some traditionnal lituanian presents for tourists cars

they have strong esthetic skills

and the town is known as one of the hottest spot of the underground culture

TRAKAI, là aussi ça CAILLE

2007-10-25T00:00:00.000+03:00

little trip to Trakai, half an our from Vilnius by bus

yes, Trakai !

Angekommen !

THE castle

maybe in summer it would be better ...

INTERLUDE+++++let me introduce my flatmates+++++

2007-10-24T23:12:00.000+03:00

JULIA, 26, Germany; speaks fluently french, german and english (truputi lietuviskai)

UNESCO chair in Vilnius' academy, great cooker, smart, house keeper, mother, bricol'girl,and so on

tricky JULIA

2007-10-24T21:57:00.000+03:00

guess what i'm going to do ?

the cooking !

hi friends ! willkommen !

et voilà !

and a lot of friends again. what have I done ?!

CEEElebration

2007-10-24T20:19:00.000+03:00

in a foreign country, you have to make friends ...

so we decided to do a flat party :)

and now we have a lot of friends !

Come IN

2007-10-21T20:00:00.000+03:00

Kitchen straight away

It used to be a party ...

The living-room, or maybe the dressing-room !

My room, with balcony please

... and the most beautiful furniture u've ever seen

plus 2 televisions, heh

THE place to be

2007-10-16T19:33:00.000+03:00

tilto gatve

the way home

first floor, our 10 windows (2 per person plus 2 for the guests); of course we have more but on the other side

and the balconyyy ! enjoy smokers ;)
+ next time we'll get in +

CA y est, mais ça CAILLE

2007-10-15T19:12:00.000+03:00

+ je fais chauffer le moteur +

Chose promise, chose due : (du son), de l'image et du fresh !

En direct de Vilnius, of course !

0gretel0

JAPANESE feast

GILLIANE sees Berlin - and it can be dreadful

GILLIANE sees Berlin - deeper in the East

GILLIANE sees Berlin - streetart

GILLIANE sees Berlin

GILLIANE sees Berlin

Sonntag/Mauerpark/FLOHMARKT weeeeeeeeee

cool (neon) SIGNS - also for Marilou

first and last TIME

first step to SUCCESS

PALAST der Republik

PALAST der Republik - Ostalgie

let me INTRODUCE ...

ALIVE ! she is alive !

LAST erasmus trip (part 3)

LAST erasmus trip *TRIBUTE*

LAST erasmus trip (part 2)

LAST erasmus trip (part 1)

LAST erasmus trip *introduction*

UFOs gib's doch gar nicht

THE come back

5 STEPS from home

Welcome to Uzupis

SUN is shining - the weather is sweeeeeet

AIR FORCE guy

print&print, print AGAIN (part 1)

print&print, print AGAIN (part 2)

lithograph - FLASH BACK (part 1)

lithograph - FLASH BACK (part 2)

lithograph - FLASH BACK (part 3)

PUAH !

a little bit of HUNGARY: gulash

a little bit of HUNGARY : gulash (collage ?)

Múm***concert in WARSAW (part 1)

Múm***concert in WARSAW (part 2)

was ist DAS ?

gobelinas - REMEMBER ? (part1)

gobelinas - REMEMBER ? (part 2)

aperi-CHIC (part 1)

aperi-CHIC (part 2)

old BREWERY (part 1)

old BREWERY (part 2)

LAST day (part1)

LAST day (part 2)

merry ERASMUS christmas

to GET USED

INTERLUDE+++++let me introduce my flatmates+++++

serial photographer VERENA

FAME - tv in Vilnius

Klaipeida-NIDA sea, snow and wind (part 1)

Klaipeida-NIDA sea, snow and wind (part 2)

Klaipeida-NIDA sea, snow and wind (part 3)

CRAZY forest (Labanoras)

lithuanian TAPESTRY (gobelinas)

60's SNOW*****

RIGA je reviendraaa (part 1)

RIGA je reviendraaa (part 2)

INTERLUDE+++++let me introduce my flatmates+++++

queen of the night CLAUDIA

Spanish on FIRE !

Spanish on FIRE ?

KAUNAS last week ( part 1 )

KAUNAS last week ( part 2 )

Rendons à CESAR ce qui appartient à CESAR

Lithuanian GIRLS

MAIS tu travailles ?

FLASH back

DEEPER in Trakai

TRAKAI, là aussi ça CAILLE

INTERLUDE+++++let me introduce my flatmates+++++

tricky JULIA

CEEElebration

Come IN

THE place to be

CA y est, mais ça CAILLE

LAST erasmus trip TRIBUTE

LAST erasmus trip introduction