soo, I admit that I have been doing pretty bad keeping up with telling everyone what has been going on here in France, but I am still working on getting everything figured out. Just this weekend, I finally found a grocery story (large=cheap) that is easy to get to, got electricity, and then found out that I have a test this Friday! Although, I do admit that it has not only been school that is keeping from making another post—it is also the other members of my class that have been wanting to squeeze as many activities as possibly into the limited amount of time that we have had. Besides learning about the local bar seen, we have also done some shopping, a birthday party, toured the local carnival, and took a trip to the local beach. At the beach, we were able to swim in the Atlantic ocean and blessed with warm and beautiful weather for the entire day. Getting to/on the beach was an adventure all on its own because we had planned to take a bus at around 10 am, but instead were forced to take one at around noon due to the bus breaking down. after getting back from the beach, our group was able to make a stop at the local carnival that has been going on for the last month—I shall tell you know that rides are not my thing. For those of you who are aware of the “sling shot” ride, which does exactly what the name entails, we had a couple excitedly go on that (Dylan and Emne seen below).

Half of our class made it to the beach!

The slingshot. 

The wait for the bus wore a few of us out. 

All in all, the group that I have been introduced to and will be studying with for the next six months is wonderful. They are as diverse as could be, with a group of 20 and 8 countries being represented. For curiosity sake the countries include: Austria, China, Taiwan, Tunisia, France, Latvia, Brazil, and of course the United States.