Sorry it's been so long since I updated my blog! I lose track of time so easily here!
Sunday
Sunday was uneventful. Went to church and had brunch (they didn’t have any more chocolate croissants or Boursin cheese so I was disappointed!). It was chilly (I actually had to put pants and a sweatshirt on!) and really windy so I just hung around the college and studied with the other Laura B. from CSB who is in my grammar class. It was a productive day but not that interesting.

Monday
On Monday we had our first bad discussion in senior seminar. We were supposed to be debating if a person needs to be religious to be moral or not. We were divided into teams and given some time to prepare. However, the “debate” quickly got off topic and we spent most of the time going in circles.

It was Michelle’s 20th birthday so a group of us went out to eat at a restaurant about a 10 minute walk down the road from the college. I had the pizza 4 saisons-cheese, ham, peppers, mushrooms and artichoke, it was delicious! Everyone else either got pizza or pasta…go figure, we went out to a restaurant in France and we all get Italian food!

Tuesday
We started doing current events presentations in my grammar classes today. There was one presentation that I found really interesting. It was about a tax that is being proposed in France…it will tax disposable items like plastic water bottles, paper plates, plastic silverware….things that can only be used once and then need to be thrown away. We also talked about plastic shopping bags. My prof was so surprised that the plastic bags at grocery stores are free! Most French people bring reusable bags to the grocery store and they have to pay for every plastic bag they use! I hope more people in the US start using reusable bags! Working as a cashier at Target for the last 3 summers, I noticed a lot more reusable bags this summer in comparison to the two previous summers where almost no one had reusable bags but we still have a LONG ways to go!
Tuesday for lunch we were surprised by the most amazing dessert ever….a raspberry tart!!! Dinner was the best meal every! It was kebab…we had it one other time earlier in the semester so I was really excited when I saw it on the menu. It is a warmed up tortilla and you put lamb (it has some spices on it, it is very tasty!!), veggies (lettuce, tomato, onion) and a ranch-ish sauce inside. We also had steak fries. Dessert was this tropical pineapple freezy thing that I wasn’t all too excited about. However, the kitchen ladies rolled out a tray with left over raspberry tarts from lunch….since I was sitting close to the kitchen I was lucky enough to get one…best meal EVER!

Today
Today I had my second test in my grammar class…I think it went pretty well but I’ll find out for sure tomorrow. Tomorrow is also my last day of that class. We are going to Paris as a group tomorrow and we don’t get back until 6:45 pm on Monday so we miss the last two days of the September session. On Tuesday morning we will find out what grammar class we will be in for the next month or so. I really liked my class and my prof and I’m hoping my new class and prof are just as good. It is up to our prof to decide if we stay in the same level or move up a level. I’m almost positive I will move up a level since the last test went well and I think the test today went well. I took a walk into town with a friend today. We went to the post office and Monoprix. We got some food for the train ride tomorrow and I got a new power cord since our other one still doesn’t work. Now we can both plug our computers in at the same time, it’s nice!
I went to the beach for about an hour this afternoon. It was really windy again and the waves were huge! Since it was 5:30 and windy, it wasn’t as warm as I was hoping…but it was still the beach in southern France so I can’t complain! It was still relaxing and
The rest of the night consisted of sending emails, packing for Paris and trying to figure out where I want to go in Paris. I managed to fit everything I need in my normal school backpack which will make traveling easy! We have one group activity and meal everyday but the rest is free time. There are so many good choices; I don’t really think I can make a bad choice! Also, we lucked out because on Saturday and Sunday almost all the museums and monuments in Paris are FREE!!! Saturday and Sunday are “les journées européennes du patriomoine” –European heritage/culture days and for some reason this means a lot of free museums. Our director didn’t even know about it when she was planning the trip so it all just happened by chance! We are taking the TGV (high speed train) to Paris so it will take about 5 hours to get there. I’m planning on doing some more planning and reading during the train ride. I’m excited to take the TGV!

I'm not bringing my computer with me to Paris so I won't update my blog until next Monday or Tuesday. Have a great weekend everyone!