Fun Stuff

So I'm not sure why its being all weird about pictures. It'll be all good and all the words and pictures are lining up til I post them. Stupid thing.

Well! Life so far has been interesting for sure.

Day 0: Wednesday.
Our flight to Paris was delayed about an hour. The reason we taxied late.. they put too much blue stuff in the toilet, so if we took off, it would spill over into the cabin when we were in the air. Oops.

Day 1: Thursday.
Fly into Paris. Spectacular mess. Eventually got tickets and caught the train to Le Mans. Mom's hotel was nice and close, right next to the train station. So once we got checked in, we went up to campus. The tram is awesome. Super duper easy. Its great. Anyways, we get to campus and are able to find the International Relations Office just fine.
The girl was STUPID though. So apparently we were supposed to have a welcome package and such, but I got nothing. She basically handed me a very vague campus map and drew big arrows to nowhere in particular and told me to go there to register for classes, and go here to get my room... She was a cow. To put it nicely.

Day 2: Friday.
I have a friend! We have all these French Classes next week, and we had a test today to place us for them. Well I was lost and so was this other girl. She asked me for help and it turns out she is from Arkansas. Yay for another English speaker!
Also, I got my room. What an adventure. Nothing is easy in France. NOTHING. Well, this is also a very non-technological university. So getting my room was interesing to say the least. First, it was go to the main office. Go there, and they give me a few papers to fill out. Wander off, and come back with them completed. She asks my name then pulls out an envelope with papers in it. In this office, one of the walls was a sort of rack of slots that little papers slipped into. Each slot represented a room, and then there were slips of paper with names on each. There were no computers. None. So she pulls out a blank slip and put my name on it. She photocopied the little slip before putting it back in the slot, then added some papers to my envelope. Then she said to go down the hall to Accounts. I had been told they didn't accept credit cards before, but once we got there, I understood why. I got a hand written receipt for my payment, and she had a cash box. From there, I had to go to yet another office around the corner. There, she gave me my keys and a form about the rules and such. It was something else.

Day 3: Saturday.
We took some of my stuff over to the dorms from the hotel room this morning. When we were riding the tram it was about 9:30 in the morning. This man got on though, and he was quite possible homeless. He was talking very loud, and to no one in particular. He was quite possibly talking to himself. Anyways, out of nowhere he produces a full bottle of champagne. He held it up and said "Il fait beau!" (its a nice day!) and took a good swig. Then he stashed it in an inside pocked of his jacket, and resumed his talking. It was fantastic!
Also, after a lot of questionable french speaking, Katie (the new friend) and I were able to get cell phones! YAY! It is way different than our cell phone set up, but we got it figured out.
My room is all decorated now too! I'm a big fan. No internet yet though. Blah.

Day 4: Sunday. Today.
Lots of exploring. I actually had pictures to post today. Woo! The campus was built in the sixties so it is definitely ugly. But it works. The town is very cool though. Lots of shopping too. Always a good thing.

I will post more pictures and things soon. I'm tired though and I have class in the morning. So I'm off. Goodnight!