The sun is finally starting to come out in Rennes! It is incredible how much my mood changes when the weather is nice. France is SO charming in the sunshine. I can't even believe it. Everyone is outside, sitting in front of cafés, walking their dogs, taking their kids to the carousels, playing accordions, etc. Seriously, everything is beautiful. On Tuesday, I spent the whole afternoon in a park, Thabor (if you ever go to Rennes for some reason, you really must go there), drawing and sitting in the sun and listening to the birds. It was so great. Sitting around on the grass like that reminded me a lot of springtime at Guilford, which I have been missing. When I was wandering around the park, I had the realization that I am going to hate leaving here. But I don't have to think about that yet.
The past week has been full of sunshine and hanging out with good girlfriends. I've met some really awesome girls on this program, which is nice, especially since French girls are impossible to try to be friends with. And we are all about doing silly things together. I forget sometimes that we are all doing this program because we are interested in the French language, and that results in our outings often being as French as possible. For example, if we are going to watch a movie together, we will always opt to watch it in French (we definitely watched a Disney movie in French on Saturday night...it was awesome). It's really nice to feel like you're accomplishing something and having a great time also. I definitely learn more French outside of the classroom than in. Which is one of the reasons I am pretty apathetic about classes here (I study, don't worry, professors who are reading this :-) )
I haven't actually received any grades yet, so I don't have reason to worry...yet. I had two tests in the past few days, so we will see how that went.
We have a new addition to the family at my house. With one more foster girl, I think we are now at maximum capacity. Her name is Rose-Marie, but she goes by Rose. I think she is 14 or 15. The girls who live at my house are the only teenagers I interact with, and half of them smoke. I just can't get over it. They just seem so young to me. There isn't an age for buying tobacco here...or if there is, it's very very young. So every time one of them pulls out their cigarettes, I'm like "whaaaat..? Oh, right." It makes me sad, kind of.
This weekend, I am going on an excursion with the other Americans to Carnac and Vannes. I am excited!!! It will be nice to go somewhere new. I hope the weather is as nice as it's been here. If not, I have picked up the ability to have a good time despite the weather, which has so far been awful every time I've been somewhere exciting. Croisez vos doigts! (cross your fingers!)
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