Lacoste France

Last spring I had the great opportunity to study at SCAD's Lacoste campus. Lacoste is a small medieval town, one of the most charming and peaceful places I have ever been.  Lacoste's streets are filled with lots of history and cute and charming houses 

One of the most interesting historic stories about this village is that at the top of the village is the Chateau de Lacoste of Marquis de Sade, currently owned by Pierre Cardin. 

When not doing homework or in class, I tried to get out as much as possible and enjoy the outdoors. The Spring weather was perfect most of the time and the landscape was beautiful showcasing the blooms of the season. Strolling around the village was one of my favorite things to do, the views were just breathtaking...

Sometimes I would bring my laptop out to do some homework

flowers everywhere 

Other activities in the village included, lounging in the pool

picking fresh cherries

and lounging in cozy places like this 

Interior spaces were also very nice and cozy, my room felt like a cute cave 

the library 

the most coveted dorms in Maison Basse

the cafeteria, where we had classes on how to make crepes 

 this is a sample of a typical brunch. quiche, croissants (lots of carbs) and fresh cheese were the norm

 Bonnieux, the neighbor town is the place to go for shopping; they have the nearest pharmacy, small grocery store, various restaurants and other small shops such as ice cream, flower and gift shops.  

Bonnieux from a distance 

Glace de lavande

 SCAD staff does great job of enhancing the experience in Lacoste, the Professors offer lectures and workshops during the week and we got to travel around the surrounding area every other weekend or so..
As part of the program I had the chance to visit: Nimes and Pont du Gard, Aix in Provence, Paris, Marseilles and Chateau La coste

We also got to canoe in the Sorgue river!

Lacoste also hosts its own sidewalk arts festival.

 Every other Saturday we got the opportunity to go to the Market to the neighbor city of Apt.

 fresh strawberries and lavender were my favorite things to get 

I really had an amazing experience; I met great people, learned a lot and got to see great places with amazing history.  the thing I regret is not doing it earlier... I will cherish these memories for ever, the best part of the whole experience was that my husband met me at the end of my term and we did more traveling, I will be sharing our travel adventures in another post.

group picture at pont julien

 Did you had the opportunity to study abroad?

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