September 17

I REALLY love having a 3 day weekend! Friday and Saturday were, unfortunately, not good beach days, but the girls and I found other ways to entertain ourselves. Friday we ran some errands and got school supplies and other things we needed, and didn't need. We walked to my house from the city on the Promenade des Anglais, which is the main road that runs through Nice. It is along the sea and has a great side walk for running or biking on the sea-side, and the other side is filled with fancy hotels, casinos, and restaurants.
We went out Thursday and were too tired to stay up late again so we went grocery shopping and made ourselves dinner. And drank a 4 euro bottle of wine, ew.
Saturday we took a tour of my home and (kind of) learned about the archives. It was cool to see original documents from the past couple of centuries, but it was hard to understand everything that was being said in French. Amel, my host-mom, brought us to 3 churches around the city and they were absolutely beautiful. All of them were so different but very gorgeous, and well worth the visits! We went out Saturday night and I ran into my American friends from Le Moyne/Utica at a bar in Old Nice. It is nice to actually speak English to other people our age.... and other people in general.
Today was 75 and sunny. We went to our program director's house this afternoon to do tie-dye with her daughter. After, of course, we slept on the beach all day. My skin has seen more sun in the past three weeks than it has in 20 years in New York. I probably lacked some Vitamin D anyways...


Tomorrow starts another week of classes. I feel like everyone studying abroad shouldn't be forced to actually go to classes. It's hard enough translating everything everyone says at dinner, let alone what the professor says in regards to how foreign countries influenced the change in style of poetry from the 19th to 20th century. I will not be on the dean's list this semester. I'm going on a trip to Montpellier this weekend with Anna and Jacqueline! We don't really know anyone who lives there but there's a college, and bars, and a hostel SO I think we'll be fine. Have a good Monday!