After opting to sleep in a bit instead of run (I know, a little lazy, but I think I am getting sick, so sleep is a bit more necessary), I ended up sleeping in a lot and got ready and ate breakfast in the span of about 30 minutes. Which is pretty good, considering that included shower and a sit down breakfast with a really sweet waitress who gave my table enough coffee to satisfy an small army.We met up with a tour guide outside the hotel. The first twenty minutes of the tour was on a bus, but we were then deposited by the cathedral and spent the rest of the morning walking around. I really like Tours (meaning the town...haha). It has a lot of history but also a lot of modern life too. There were many people out and about, both young and old and in between. We visited the cathedral, saw a stuffed elephant named Fritz that was killed in Tours (sad!) at the beginning of the 19th century, and saw lots of medieval houses and monuments and things of that nature. As I write this, its all kind of running together in my head. I was totally involved and awake during the tour this morning, but no so much now.
After the tour, we walked through the local market and then went our seperate ways for lunch. A few of us found an Italian place and ate some yummy pizza. The proprietor was Italian, but spoke French perfectly. He met his wife in Tours, but she is American, originally from New Jersey. She was studying in Tours when they met. Thus, they both speak Italian, French, and English. Pretty neat.
After the tour, we walked through the local market and then went our seperate ways for lunch. A few of us found an Italian place and ate some yummy pizza. The proprietor was Italian, but spoke French perfectly. He met his wife in Tours, but she is American, originally from New Jersey. She was studying in Tours when they met. Thus, they both speak Italian, French, and English. Pretty neat.
After lunch, Wright, Peter, MaryKate, Kara, and I walked around for bit and then headed to a park. The park was beautiful, green with many vibrantly colored flowers.
I tried to be a bit artistic and take some pictures of the flowers, messing with the settings on my camera. Some of the pictures turned out ok!
After about an hour in the park, we all headed back to the hotel, where I sit writing this, trying to fight off the desire to just crawl into bed and nap.
Alas, I believe that desire is too strong for me to resist. We've got dinner around 8, and the group wants to try out a night club called Excalibur. Tours is the premiere town for students, apparently. We shall see.
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