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| Yes, yes, I realize that it's been over a month since I've updated. So, here you go.
I've been to the Netherlands, Morocco, Paris, and Rome since my last entry.
Morocco was amazing (we stayed in Marrakech) - gorgeous & the exchange rate was great - about 10 dirham to every euro (and you can eat really nice meals from 25-50 dirham). We each got food poisoning once, but, other than that (and the constant cat-calling), everything went smoothly. In fact, I got to speak more French there than I usually do in Aix - although I left the haggling to Amy.
Place Jemaa-el-Fna : the main square inside the walls of the city - this is where all the big restaurants are and where everything takes place:
Place Jemaa-al-Fna : chaos at night - lots of dancing/music/general insanity:
A view of the Place from a restaurant at night:
Our GORGEOUS hostel rooms!
Every night in the Place, hundreds of tables and chairs were set up with huge tables of amazing food like this being served for just a couple bucks. Delicious.
Jardins Majorelles - the one day that Amy and I ventured outside of the walls :
Camels!
The one day that we decided to be chumps and take a ride on the tour bus :
I blended right in... if only I wasn't so white and freakishly tall...
View from our hostel's terrace. Sigh. Gorgeous.
More random pictures coming up later!
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| It's been a while.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Manny, who's studying abroad in Athens, came to visit me, and we went to Paris!
Some pictures:
Louvre
Eiffel Tower at night
Eiffel Tower during the day (we had a lot of Eiffel pics)
Lunch (we ate a LOT of bread and cheese...)
Stephanie, Amy, and I also went to Amsterdam this past weekend, but I don't have any pictures yet - we were only there a few days, but we got to see a lot of the city - it was gorgeous. And, tomorrow, Amy and I are heading out to Morocco. We'll be there for 8 days, leave from there for Paris for a couple days, from there go to Rome, and then come back to Aix, where I will have a paper and an exam the first week back... Busy month.
Oh! And I'm registered for next semester! Here's the plan:
- Honors French thesis
- Writing tutorial
- English modern poetry class
- Spanish231
- A romance linguistic class
(and maybe another French class if I can fit it in)
That's about it. More pictures at the end of April!
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| As college students in the United States are busy taking mid-terms, this week I finally received my grades for first semester:
Theatre: A-
20th-century lit: B+
Linguistics: A
Provencal: A
It's actually almost disappointing that our grades don't transfer.
Anyway, goodbye first semester! We've had about 4 weeks of 2nd semester, and here's what I'm taking:
Provencal - Etude de textes: We basically translate a bunch of Provencal works for two hours and then study grammar for an hour. Really, really great class.
Baroque lit class: Self-explanatory.
18th-century theatre class: Reading Marivaux, Diderot, etc.
Anthopology of Provence: "Wait, an anthropology class?! Why are you taking an anthropology class? You love literature! You understand literature!" I know, I know! Okay, let me explain. For the first few weeks of the semester, I went to about 20 hrs. of class every week, trying to find the perfect schedule. I really, really loved my first 3 classes, but just didn't find a 4th that 'felt right.' We received an e-mail about the drop/add deadline for classes (last Friday, the 7th). So I went into the Bureau that day to explain my problem. I was then told that it didn't matter that I hadn't found a class - and that I needed to choose one by 5:00 p.m. So, anyway, I am officially registered for Anthropology of Provence without actually having gone ever. And I'll be missing it again this week, because...
I'm going to Paris! My friend Manny, who's studying in Greece, is coming here on Wednesday. I'll show him the highlights of Aix (fountains, fashion mullets), and then we'll be leaving for Paris from Thurs-Sat. Yay.
Last weekend the Program went to Arles (Vincent Van Gogh's abode - sidenote: French people pronounce Van Gogh "Van-GOG" [like 'goggle]. It's weird). We saw a lot of old things. Roman stuff. Amphitheatres, etc. Nothing too terribly exciting.
Well, how's that for an update? Oh, and Michigan courses are now online, so I will now be obsessing about Fall courses for the remainder of this school year. Hooray!
2000 year-old bridge (Pont du Gard):
Baobab tree!
(Okay, just kidding it's an olive tree)
Actual baobab tree (as represented in Le Petit Prince):
I'm a nerd, I know. Whatever. I like books.
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| Got my hair did.This is an awful picture, but it's one of only a few that I have. Check out the new bangz:
(That's Stephanie next to me)
Here's a better one I tried to take with the webcam:
You like???!
Oh, and classes and all that stuff is fine. More on that later.
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