Last week in Cannes

Hi all!

So I was planning on a longer blog tonight but the time has disappeared like normal! I will update you on my trip to Switzerland and the play later this week or when I get home. I can't believe that my study abroad trip is coming to an end! As much as I don't want to leave this amazing place, I am getting very excited to see my family and friends again and have the comforts of a home!

Things I am going to miss about France/Cannes:

-hearing/speaking French everyday

-the sea being across the street

-the cobble stone pedestrian streets

-KEBABS!!

-chocolate croissants and crepes every weekend for brunch and bread with every meal

-eating nutella often

Things I won't miss:

-the scooters that are always driving really fast

-the dog poop on the sidewalks

Things I am looking forward to in the US:

-my bed, having a couch to sit on and my fleece tye blanket

-peanut butter (so quick story-my roommate, who is from Holland, got two Reeses Peanut Butter Cups from another American student who got them in a package from home. So I was sitting on my bed doing my homework yesterday and she hold one up and asks me in a kind of digusted voice "do you like this?" well, of course I like peanut butter cups and responded with an enthousiastic "yes" and to my surprise she told me I could have it because she didn't like it!! Apparently she had taken one bit out of the other and thrown the rest away!! It was the best tasting thing I have had all weekend and I am looking forward to peanut butter and everything with peanut butter in it!!)

-other condiments like ranch dressing and BBQ sauce

-friends and family

-mountain dew-doesn't exist in France (or Europe I think)

-MILK!! we only get milk with breakfast and I'm used to drinking it with almost every meal at home and school

This afternoon Michelle and I took a study break and went to the beach. We walked along the beach collecting rocks that suddenly appeared on the beach (they weren't there earlier in the semester) and watched the sun set behind the hills/mountains. It was a very nice half hour break. My feet were freezing by the end but it was worth it!

I also took some time after dinner to start cleaning my room. My desk was unrecognizable as a desk which was the biggest hint that I really needed to do some cleaning!! My desk is nicely organized now but my closet still leaves much to be desired but I probably won't clean it since I only have a little over 5 days left in Cannes. The contents of my messy closet will slowly find their way into my suitcase before I leave.

3 tests and a final paper for Senior Seminar this week and I am free of homework/tests until the middle of January :)

This week includes a party during our last senior sem. class Wednesday night, taking the one Euro bus to Antibes on Thursday with Michelle and packing at some point in time. I also want to wander through the Christmas market downtown and journal on the beach one more time. Gosh, I need another weekend here, one free of homework but unfortunately I have to leave early Saturday morning.