Days 13-16

I’ve been doing a bad job updating… I’m forgetting things I did, OH NO!

I’ll do my best to remember…

Monday was supposed to be my first day of class, however I wanted to switch out of French and change my Spanish class, (so I wouldn’t have class on Fridays). This seems relatively simple right? I mean, at home it’s a 2 second computer process. Here…. Living nightmare. I began these tasks at 9AM and finished around Noon. Sounds like fun right?

Afterwards I took a nap…. I think… Grocery shopped, and went over to the girls for a wonderful Lasagna dinner. Red wine, tons of cheese, and bread and butter. MMMMM MMMMM MMMMMMM. We then took the bus to The Works, waited in line for an eternity, and finally got inside. Once we got drinking, it was pretty fun. The Works has 4 levels. Bottom is bathrooms and coat-checks, ground level plays rock music, 1st level plays beachy music, top level plays rap and techno. Whatever you’re in the mood for, they got it! Except for cold air. I guess they’re going for a sauna type feel… Geez is it hot in there!

Tuesday ended up being my first real day of classes. I had Spanish language from 11-1. This class was so easy, despite my awful teacher that speaks very little English. Then I had my Spanish culture class from 3-5. Once again, easy. But interesting too… My teacher’s really passionate about the history of Spain.

Afterwards I went back home for a breather then went and ate pizza with the girls at KBAR and headed to Salsa Night at Mungos. Drinks were cheap. I tried a delicious Cuban… kind of like rum and coke, but with a ton of lime juice. Highlight of the night: The Macarena.. (sp?). Had an early class in the morning, so I got home around 11. Only to hear incredibly awful news. Don’t want to talk/think about it.

Also, on Tuesday in the laundry room, I met a very nice French Teacher that offered to give me free weekly French lessons in exchange with me helping him with English. FREE!
Wednesday I went to History of Medieval Europe at 10 AM. And I must say, the professor that teaches it, is the best professor I’ve had thus far in college. She really makes the material interesting. This is the class I’m looking most forward to.

After class, I went into town with Cat to cash in our free subs. We ate, read, studied in starbucks, grocery shopped, ya know… Fun Fun Fun. When we got back, I went over to her place and ate a wonderful pasta/sautéed vegetables dinner with her, Chloe, and Lauren. Then later, we went to see 500 days of summer in town with a girl named Stephanie (Upstate NY/Vermont). For the movie, we had the choice of buying premium or standard seats… weird huh?!

On Thursday, I had my first International History and International Relations class. Now this one’s gonna be hard. EIGHT required text books, boring lectures, individual presentations that don’t even count for a grade. I wish I could drop out of it! After class, I went home for a quick lunch and then headed back to my espanol class. This teacher is just awful. Really. So I think I’m going to switch into a different seminar. I feel so bad for all of the students that have no Spanish background. They won’t learn a thing in this class!

After Spanish, I went to a Mountaineering meeting with Chloe. This looks like so much fun! And weekend trips are only 20-25PP for the whole trip. That’s gas, accommodation, food, everything. I’d probably spend less money if I join, than if I just stayed in Canterbury! After the meeting, I ran home, packed, and LEFT FOR PARIS!!!!!!! While waiting for our bus, we decided to get a quick bite to eat at McDonalds. There I met another guy from USC. I had no idea that there was anyone else from my school here. And of all the places for Americans to meet, McDonalds. That’s a tad bit embarrassing.

I’ll update on Paris later tonight. WONDERFUL weekend. TERRIBLE ending.