Another great week in France

Wow. So I've been procrastinating. I planned on writing this a week ago, and not today. Plus, I have sooo much homework to do.

So I'm going to try and make it short of what I did last week.

On Monday, I went grocery shopping at the Carrefour, and picked up food for the week. The day after that was Bastille Day in France. Me, my group, and some other people from the residence went to a nearby beach to watch the fireworks go off. You could see the neighboring ones in nearby Cannes. The fireworks show was not much to behold though; ones in the US are much more impressive.

On Wednesday, I went to Antibes and skipped out on this cooking class that Christiane, our program director, had planned for us (more on her later). Antibes was fun. Saw a Picasso museum, the town, the beach, and got to hang out more with Silvia (spain), and Viola (italy).

Thursday, we had another conference to learn about different wines. It is really unnecessarily long. We seriously learn about the tongue, different scents, and some really technical terms about wine. Worth the experience, but it might have been more worthwhile to have spent those 2 hours roaming the streets of Nice.

Friday, I realised I have tonsillitis...great... So I skipped class and mailed my postcards (finally), went to see the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and caught up on some French vocab. Croissants are definitely comfort food.

Then on Saturday, I woke up early to go to Cannes with other people from the university. We got to Cannes, climbed to the chateau, saw a museum, and took a boat to the Ile St. Marguerite (an island off of Cannes). We ate lunch there and saw the prison where the Man with the Iron Mask was held. The excursion description was misleading, however, because it implied that we were spending the day in Cannes (the city renowned for its famous film festival) and not some, you know, deserted island. As a result, me and the Belgians decided to head back to the mainland on an earlier boat. We walked around, got an ice cream, did some shopping, and met up with everyone else to return to Nice.

Sunday was a recovery day for me. My dad told me to go to the pharmacy to get some antibiotics, but the one closest to me was closed and I was not feeling up to going on a city-wide search for tonsil medication. So I just kicked back like the Chinese and drank some ancient herbal remedy, more commonly known as green tea.

Monday was just a usual school day. Woke up at 7. Brushed my teeth like crazy to get rid of all those nasty tonsil bacteria germs from my mouth. Ate some cereal, got dressed, packed lunch sandwich, and met everyone downstairs at 8 to catch the bus to the Faculte des Lettres. Class started at 9. Worked on some writing exercises, break at 11, class out at 12 for lunch. I finally picked up some antibiotics, which cost me, get this, 2 euros. Class resumed at 1:30 for Spoken French elective where we watched clips from a movie, Noelle Perna. After class, returned to the residence and took some more recovery time.

Finally Tuesday. (That's today). The antibiotics are kicking in and I'm feeling a little better. Can't wait til it's easier to swallow. Episodes of Smallville and SYTYCD (Jeanine Mason from Ransom has made it to the Top 8!) have been keeping me company during my illness.

I think I've been sick, like, 4 times in Europe. I'm quite the sickling. Might want to stay away. Just kidding. But seriously...

ALRIGHT. Now I am making promises that hopefully aren't empty. I will update between now and Friday. And sorry for making this longer than I said I would--it's hard to cover a week's worth of information in a couple of paragraphs.

A plus tard,
-Michelle