Trip: A Semester in Aix-en-Provence
There are [40] stories from my trip: A Semester in Aix-en-Provence
FRANCE | Sunday, 10 Feb 2008 | Views [94]
Sunday February 10, 2008: I slept in until 9:15 today, but I wanted to sleep longer. I didn't want Colette to think I was a crazy all-night party girl, so I got up and ate breakfast with her and went for a run. It was a beautiful day out...it was ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
FRANCE | Saturday, 9 Feb 2008 | Views [88]
Saturday February 9, 2008: On Friday night Bradie and I wanted to go to a carnival that we saw on the edge of town, but it was closing down when we arrived there at 9:30 so we decided to come back today. We didn't play any games because they looked ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
FRANCE | Tuesday, 5 Feb 2008 | Views [129]
Tuesday February 5, 2008: Colette told me that I am the one of her students who understands her the best. "You understand everything I say don't you?" she asked me. "I can tell because of your responses." Yes, I told her, I can ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
FRANCE | Monday, 4 Feb 2008 | Views [165]
Monday February 4, 2008: I have a hard time keeping up with my writing because I feel like I'm busy from the moment I wake up until I go to sleep. At U of Illinois I have class for about three or maybe even five hours a day, and I have the rest of the ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
FRANCE | Sunday, 3 Feb 2008 | Views [93]
Sunday Feb. 3, 2008: The next morning, we realized as we walked out of our hostel room that we had a perfect view of the ocean from our cliffside place. We didn't know that when we arrived in the dark the night before. I walked around the gardens a ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
FRANCE | Saturday, 2 Feb 2008 | Views [99]
Saturday February 2, 2008: Nice Trip This weekend is a trip to the Cote d'Azur for students in IAU who want to go. I think there are 50 of us or something, so it's a big group, but it's not the whole school. Nice and Cannes are only a two hour drive ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine
FRANCE | Friday, 1 Feb 2008 | Views [87]
Friday February 1, 2008: My Education teacher, Ruby, came in to give a lecture on Wednesday to the IAU class. After listening to her and reading the assigned readings, I see that the French system prides itself on being egalitarian. The schools across ... Read more >
Tags: culture
FRANCE | Thursday, 31 Jan 2008 | Views [148]
Thursday January 31, 2008: I am so wiped out from class. I had class nonstop from 9am-6pm today with only a one hour break in which I had to walk to Marchutz. I'm taking all of my classes for credit, so I might consider talking to someone about auditing ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
FRANCE | Wednesday, 30 Jan 2008 | Views [94]
Wednesday January 30, 2008 Today in that class we learned more about how the French education system works. The little kids start out in Maternelle, which is not mandatory but everyone does it anyway because it's so wonderful. Then the students go into ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
FRANCE | Monday, 28 Jan 2008 | Views [80]
Monday January 28, 2008 My online journal finally begins! Most of you know that I had some bad luck in Vienna when I took a bathroom break on the train and came back to find my bag (the one that had my computer inside) stolen. So the journal I had ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
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