Blogs from France, Europe - page 1238

BOnjour à tous ! Donc depuis dimanche...la routine s'installe...épicerie...ménage..lavage...payer des factures....ect... Aujourd'hui nous avons payé le loyer, été au marché et j'ai assisté à ma rencontre à Lyon II...administration, cours, paperasse...ect....je dois y retourner demain matin (mercredi) ainsi que jeudi pour finaliser le tout et choisir mes cours avant lundi matin 8h00 (DÉBUT DES COURS)....ce qui ne laisse pas beaucoup de temps ! Sinon ben j'ai revu le joueur de foot du bar (party de l'IEP) qui s'apelle maintenant "MONSIEUR PAS CAPABLE DE FAIRE DES BICYCLES" (bicycle étant ici une passe de soccer)...ce petit surnom vient de Sébastien et Thibault..qui JALOUX...essaient de le rabaisser...Donc ce soir (mardi) je suis allée assister au cours d'histoire ISLAM POLITIQUE (Qui EST TROP INTÉRESSANT!!!...l'histoire de la fondation de l'Islam et l'origine des conflits au Moyen... read more

In the mid semester break (exam week) I was lucky enough to have no exams. Despite the large amount of work and assignments that still had to be done we both decided to bugger it and see some Italian and French Alps for a week. We flew to Milan, Italy and straight away trained to the north of Italy to the Valle d’Aoste. We arrived at the gorgeous town of Aosta and saw the beautiful winding road leading from the valley to the Mont Blanc tunnel that went through the Alps to France. We spent our days walking and hiking the mountains of the area, up to heights of over 2000 metres. The temperature was freezing but we still had beautiful daytime weather to see the views from the top of the mountains. There was snow ... read more

Here is my trip to Strasbourg... read more

I finally have my class schedule figured out, with classes starting this week. Last week I did attend a sociology class at Paris 7, but I'm dropping it in favor of another sociology class (Cities and Social Spaces). We had our first session of the course today and it was really interesting! I was excited because I actually understood pretty much everything. And I really like urban sociology. The coffee I had before might have helped too. The university has these fantastic little coffee machines that produce a pretty good cup for 0.50 euro. That might be the only fantastic thing about the french university itself--the fact that French university education is free is pretty evident in the decidedly low-tech buildings (and I think mine is one of the nicer, newer ones). My other two classes ... read more

Marseilles was our next stop and it is apparently the cultural melting pot of France (whatever that means). Straight away though we did notice that it is different from the rest of southern France, a little edgier and with the markings of various cultures. The afternoon we arrived we walked around the old town and down past the Vieux Port. From the port we hiked up the huge hill to the Basillica Notre Dame de la Garde which sits high above the city. Great views of the city were our reward and the Basillica was impressive, there were also some scars on the outside from WWII. On our second day we took a day trip to France's oldest city, Avignon. It's most famous for being the home of the Pope in the 1300's after they fled ... read more