Sorry for the recent lapse in posting. Not a whole lot has been happening as of late except for the day to day life of class and relaxation. Last weekend's excursions into more interesting day trips in France were postponed by the college due to thunderstorms. In fact, we have had nothing but cloudy days and rain for the last several days, which is not doing any favors for our beach itches. Instead, we have found other things to do around our small campus to amuse ourselves. One evening was taken up with a volleyball tournament, which was quite a bit of fun. Another night we sat in our little campus movie theater and watched the first Harry Potter movie in French, along with a few episodes of CSI in French, which actually provided some mental stimulation as we tried to keep up with the plots in a different language. We found out that the little cafe/lounge that we have on campus has board games, so we have dumped a few hours into playing Risk with our friends. About half of our group has been going out most nights to the bars/clubs in town and enjoying the nightlife. Thus far, Hayley and I have not gone out with them, as it isn't really something that interests us, especially when we have to wake up early in the morning to make it to breakfast on time before our three hour grammar lectures.
Yesterday was our second anniversary, so we made a fun day out of it. Despite the fact that we had to sit through classes through a good chunk of the day, we still made the most of it. After class got out, we both got all dressed up in our shwanky clothes and went into town to get a nice dinner at a restaurant. We were a little dismayed to have in start raining on our walk into town, but that's life. Dinner was delicious, and we had a table with a rose on it. There is a delicious artisan ice cream shop right down the road from where we had dinner, which we planned on visiting for desert, but they were closed. Not to be deprived of a romantic desert, we stopped at a little Mom and Pop general store and grabbed two candy bars!
This weekend we are going to be heading out to see the Gorges of Verdon, which I will talk more about after we finish. We are both excited for the end of this month, when the rest of our classes start. While we certainly enjoy our time going to the beach, we both feel like we have just a lot of time that we don't really use for anything special. The seminars that we signed up for sound really interesting, and we are both eager to start. Moreso, our theater class begins later this month, which is going to be both a fun experience to be in a play again, but also because it will help enormously with our articulation.
Notes from Hayley:
- Coke is really expensive here. A can of pop costs like $2.50 American. At the place we ate dinner last night, the Coke came in a bottle, but had the same amount of pop as a can, and cost roughly $4.50 American dollars. Suffice to say, we have been ordering water at every restaurant we have been to.
- Topless people everywhere on the beaches. It isn't just a myth. Mostly old women, with a few rare younger women tossed in. We try not to look.
- They have deodorant here and it actually works great. Although her grammar teacher obviously does not wear any, which she is reminded of every time she leans over to look at Hayley's work.
- Whole milk is the only option for breakfast and is never served in a glass. Tastes like butter.
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