So, friends...sorry i've been neglecting this blog....i really don't have time to get on the internet a lot and when i do have time i'm usually on facebook loading more pictures or chatting with my friends....and checking my email.
Also, i'mm already writing my adventures in duplicate...english and french, not to mention this which would make it in triplicate. At the very least my travels will be well documented.
The weather is getting amazing here...today it's supposed to be 70 some degrees...
i'm not going to italy or paris or anywhere far away because it's really expensive, and i'd rather stay near avignon, to tell the truth. avignon is beautiful and it's finally starting to feel a little home-y. everyday after class justin and i go to place pie to get a coffee. And when our group goes out we head over to the irish pub, or level one which is a really hip student-y bar.
our lit prof told us that we need to stay up all night one weekend, drinking sparingly, and then go to the market at 7 in the morning with a hangover. He said it's a true french experience that we need to do. The profs here are so much cooler than in the states, did i mention that?
the french boys, on the other hand, are somewhat different than expected...a lot of them are just creepers (as they are in any city) and the ones that are not tend to be really feminine.....which is not really my taste. But I would say 1 in 20 are what we stereotypically think of french men...so it's not like they don't exist.
Today we are headed to the ile across the rhone right next to the pont d'avignon. we brought cheese, bread, olives, and grapes.........and of course a bottle of wine. we're probably just going to sit and do homework...it should be amusing, as always.
france is beautiful, and justin and i are already planning our return trip after graduation....hitting all the places we missed this time in france and the rest of europe....any takers?
bisous,
amanda
P.S. stamps are ridiculously expensive...so be expecting the post cards at the end of the quarter, lol
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Happy Friday!
Okay, so things are going well.... i do not really know what to write so here,s some highlights (and no, i haven,t found the apostrophe yet on these keyboards, so you get commas, lots of commas)
1. classes are good....history is really really boring and on thursdays it,s wayyyyy too early! my literature professor is really really cool, which makes me happy. the writing class will be fun because it,s all creative writing. and the oral class will be alright, i guess, i dunno....it,s kinda boring so far. finally, the resistance class will, ummmmm, well, it,s there.
2. I ate duck for the first time yesterday which amused me.
3. my mom is still really really cool.
4. my feet still hurt a lot. i am going to buy some boots, i think. thats what all the women down here wear and there must be some reasoning to that...the roads are just really really uneven, so it,s really hard to walk on and my arches hurt and my ankles do too.
5. i can tell my french is getting better already because my mom has started talking a little bit faster to me. so, the goal of the entire trip is working.
it,s really weird....you go your whole life living in this world where everyone speaks english, and sure you realize that they speak other languages in different places...but you don,t REALLY realize it until you,re there. i keep half expecting people to just say, alright, we,re done....and just start speaking english. but these people really do speak french...this is their life. this is what they do everyday. it,s really crazy. and i love it.
i realized recently that i forgot some key things such as the belt to my coat....lol. and painkillers. i can,t figure out how to buy painkillers here....oh, well.
I,ve got a little bout of homesickness right now....i really really miss you guys....like woah. :( i have not bought postcards yet, but i promise i will, lol. i don,t know how to send them either or how much they will be to send, so i need to figure that out a la poste!
yesterday my mom said that she would take me and two of my friends to marseille one weekend and i immediatley thought of which one of my friends i would take until i realized that you all are in the US! sobbbbbbbbb. i keep expecting to run into you guys on the street or for one of you to call and be like, let,s hang out....so weird, so weird.
anyways, im going to go buy some cheap chic french boots, so i will update another day.
do you guys want to know anything in particular? so much is going on i don,t really know where to start with these blogs.
i miss you all dearly, but it,s 1 week down and 10 to go.
bisous
always,
amanda
1. classes are good....history is really really boring and on thursdays it,s wayyyyy too early! my literature professor is really really cool, which makes me happy. the writing class will be fun because it,s all creative writing. and the oral class will be alright, i guess, i dunno....it,s kinda boring so far. finally, the resistance class will, ummmmm, well, it,s there.
2. I ate duck for the first time yesterday which amused me.
3. my mom is still really really cool.
4. my feet still hurt a lot. i am going to buy some boots, i think. thats what all the women down here wear and there must be some reasoning to that...the roads are just really really uneven, so it,s really hard to walk on and my arches hurt and my ankles do too.
5. i can tell my french is getting better already because my mom has started talking a little bit faster to me. so, the goal of the entire trip is working.
it,s really weird....you go your whole life living in this world where everyone speaks english, and sure you realize that they speak other languages in different places...but you don,t REALLY realize it until you,re there. i keep half expecting people to just say, alright, we,re done....and just start speaking english. but these people really do speak french...this is their life. this is what they do everyday. it,s really crazy. and i love it.
i realized recently that i forgot some key things such as the belt to my coat....lol. and painkillers. i can,t figure out how to buy painkillers here....oh, well.
I,ve got a little bout of homesickness right now....i really really miss you guys....like woah. :( i have not bought postcards yet, but i promise i will, lol. i don,t know how to send them either or how much they will be to send, so i need to figure that out a la poste!
yesterday my mom said that she would take me and two of my friends to marseille one weekend and i immediatley thought of which one of my friends i would take until i realized that you all are in the US! sobbbbbbbbb. i keep expecting to run into you guys on the street or for one of you to call and be like, let,s hang out....so weird, so weird.
anyways, im going to go buy some cheap chic french boots, so i will update another day.
do you guys want to know anything in particular? so much is going on i don,t really know where to start with these blogs.
i miss you all dearly, but it,s 1 week down and 10 to go.
bisous
always,
amanda
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Les cartes postales
Je vais acheter des cartes postales demain.
Donc, si vous voulez une carte postale...vous devez me donner votre adresses.
Ou.....je ne peux pas les envoyer!
Tu me manques vraiment!
a bientot,
Amanda
http://www.freetranslation.com
Donc, si vous voulez une carte postale...vous devez me donner votre adresses.
Ou.....je ne peux pas les envoyer!
Tu me manques vraiment!
a bientot,
Amanda
http://www.freetranslation.com
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