lost in france

so anyone who knows me and my directional skills will laugh at this story. i got SO excited on friday that it was finally starting to warm up that i made all these plans to be outside this weekend. number one plan was to go today (saturday) for a long run along the mediterrean - how romantic and exciting, right?
so i looked up the "back way" to get to the Corniche, which is like a 3 mile road that goes along the water and has beaches and a palace and all this stuff to see along it. "back way" just really doesn't work for me. my point was to not have to back track, because i knew i could find my way back once i jogged to the old port, but i didn't want to run to the old port, run along the Corniche, then run back to the old port - i wanted to make a loop. ha. great idea, right? wrong!
i had very specific directions written out, had looked at a map to see where i was going, and then i got to a point in the directions where it told me to turn down a street that apparently doesn't exist. hmm. so i decided that since from where i was, i could SEE the ocean, that meant i could find my way there. 45 minutes later, i found it. i wasn't worried at all, and i wish there could've been a video camera on me, lost in france by myself, cracking up at how ridiculously bad i am at finding places. annnnyways it was entertaining for me, and i knew eventually i'd find something i recognized, which is exactly what happened. it was a good experience, and i found lots of back roads and cool views that i would've never known existed, so i'm pleased. :)
once i found the Corniche, i ran along the water, which had AMAZING views (see facebook for photos), and visited a park with the "palais du pharo" and some forts and some great views of the old port. it was SO cool, pretty much my second favorite day in france so far.
tonight i'm going out with a few of the other american students for dinner together at either a spanish or a moroccan restaurant - should be fun!
tomorrow i'm supposed to go to the Callanques (kind of like cliffs and valleys and inlets and there's not really a good translation), so that will probably be another adventure!