Blog Abroad

Happy February! You may have noticed that I did not post many pictures last night. I also did not do homework, so I am going to do my homework tonight and if I have time later I will try again, but the internet here is very slow and I don't have a lot of time so please be patient! Today I met my new language partner finally (Manon). The bus arrives once every hour on Sundays, so I went down to catch the bus and realized that my bus card will have stopped working since it's the 1st of the month, so I (in heals) ran back to the apartment to grab a one Euro piece and was interrogated about why I had come back already, I got lectured about how I had better hurry up because the bus only comes once an hour and that I should have renewed my bus card already. I explained that I get reimboursed tomorrow and can renew my card tomorrow so I got another lecture about how I can't forget to do that (all as I'm trying to leave to catch the bus). I got back to the stop just in time to catch the bus and then ended up being early (because the other two were running late), so I sat outside alone in the cold wind for a half an hour. Then they both arrived at the same time so we said hi, started talking, went to the Italian restaurant. The resatuarant didn't open until noon and it was 11:30, but the hostess seated us anyways and then we talked until she came back for our orders at 12. As the movie started at 13:15, we tried to order and eat relatively fast, but we were also talking, so we finished around 13:00. Since the actual film wouldn't start until 13:30 (because of previews) we decided to split a dessert, but the dessert arrived late. Emma suggested we see the movie another day and just stay there to chat, so we did until the restaurant started to close around 14:30, 15:00. Emma went home, but  since the bus only comes once an hour, Manon suggested we could walk or find coffee (cause I had missed the bus by a minute). So we went to H&M and talked and critiqued and then went to grab a coffee and she realized I had missed the 16:30 bus, so we sat there with our coffee talking and at 17:15, I said I should probably get going (the last bus leaves at 18:50). So we walked to my bus stop and talked some more until the bus arrived. All in all, the day flew by and I had a great time just talking all day! I'm really happy with today, even if I didn't get to see Into the Woods and I can't wait to meet up with Manon again!

I also suggested to the other Americans (and the language partners) that maybe we could get a group together to go hiking Mt. Saint Victoire next weekend. High hopes! Miss you guys! Bisous!