Wednesday

Wednesday morning arrived all too early. Homework had kept me up the night before, perhaps because I'd decided to eat a leisurely dinner with my friends that turned into a trip to the Monoprix (kind of like a Target?).

I met Lauren at Place d'Arcy and we ran for about 30 minutes, talking in French the entire time. I was proud of us! I then rushed home to get ready for our museum tour of the morning, and had barely enough time. We went to the Musee de Beaux Arts in Dijon. Lots of great paintings and sculptures.

After the museum, a few of us got kebabs for lunch. I just have to say, kebabs are awesome. It's some kind of sandwich with some kind of meat (maybe mutton?) with all kinds of toppings, sauces, and fries. While I'm probably consuming a week's worth of calories and not really eating real meat, its totally worth it. Cheap and delicious, that's all a poor student needs to know.

After kebabs, I returned to my house to try to do some laundry. My host mom has been so sweet about doing a lot of it for me, but I definitely want to do some on my own so she doesn't have to do all of it. I don't think dryers are very common in France, as none of my friends have them either...therefore, all our clothes are hang dry. Which, is totally fine except for the fact its been raining on and off for the past two days. I've got a drying rack in my room, but its not quite big enough for everything that was washed!

After class today, I headed to the post office and the bank to take care of some business and then went to hang out at my friend Jen's place. Her host family pretty much gave her an entire basement, which is awesome, and she's got a great hang out place for everyone. So, the group watched My Fair Lady. Haha.

Dinner with my host family when really well tonight, I think. I talked a fair amount, and I was definitely more comfortable at this dinner than at previous ones. After dinner, I watched a movie with them. The Briotets don't have a tv, so we watched the movie on her laptop. They have about 4 computers in the house, but no tv...interesting, but definitely not a big deal. In some ways it would have been nice to be able to watch French tv, but I'm not distressed.

That's my update for now. It's 1am here and I leave at 8am tomorrow for a trip to Bourgogne, also known as wine country. Can't wait.

A bientot!