Ok, so I thought I wasn't going to blog this trip...mostly because I tend to forget about it and I doubt anybody reads it and etc. However, I was going to keep a journal...which would have been cool, but after seeing the prices of buying a journal here (can you say 15 euros?) I don't think that it will be an option. So, hello blog. Be prepared for some serious complaining, incredible honesty, and embarrassing facts. I'm not posting this on facebook because hopefully everyone has forgotten about this blog by now and I can use it more privately (except for the select few I've given the link to).
I'm not making any promises to write in it...so maybe that will have some effect on my inability to keep up blogging. Oh, well.
So, from the beginning, then? A quick play by play because I need a nap...bad. I arrived last Thursday, hung out in Paris with Emma, David, etc. Arrived in Avignon on Friday, moved in to apartment on Saturday, saw Nicky/got homesick Sunday, took a tour of university/went shopping today (which is Monday). Temporary host family is super cool. Noms are FANTASTIC. Feet are hurting (surprise? no.). And something I haven't really experienced yet in France: extreme homesickness. I'm sure I'll get over it right before I come back to the states, but I am NOT letting it effect my trip at all. This is my first time in France with a beau back home...so I'm guessing that has a lot to do with it.
Anyway, I'm the grad assistant to the program...doing grad assistant-y things, etc. This trip will be a great lesson in how to handle time by myself...and I look forward to growing as a person because of it. Should be an interesting quarter.
Always,
Amanda
Monday, March 28, 2011
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