College!

I have to say, things still don't really feel real here. For example, the other day, Scottie and I were walking down a street downtown, and there was a guy on the sidewalk playing songs from Amelie on the accordion. Really, France?

Also, yesterday afternoon we had a wine-tasting with CIEE at Rennes II. A wine expert came in and told us basically the entire history of wine in the western world as well as the differences between wines and how they are made. We tasted four: two white, two red; two French, two American. He made us guess which one was which. Of the white, I liked the American better, and of the red I liked the French better. I guess it just all depends. Needless to say, we all felt very silly drinking wine in a classroom.

As of today, I am finished with the pre-program language/culture course. Yes! Tomorrow, classes will start for real. Admittedly, I am nervous. To update you on my previous statements about class choices, I had some scheduling problems and decided to take a drawing/painting class via direct enrollment at the university. Should be interesting. And scary. What am I even thinking?
Tomorrow I have a class at 8:15 (TOO EARLY!!!) but the trade-off is that as of right now, I don't have class on Fridays. Unfortunately, our schedules are still not set in stone because everyone here is incredibly disorganized and no one decides times for things until well after the last minute. Good grief.