First of all... my stomach has been growling for the past 2 hours. I'm not sure why since today I ate something way close to lunch than a brioche. Mamie and I shared a ham sandwich. Doesn't sound like much but it was on a baguette and baguettes are huge. Anyway, this sandwich should have filled me up until dinner which is in half an hour but it clearly didn't.
The last two days have been....boring? Ah, yes that's the word I was looking for! Yesterday we waited for Aaron and Sierra to arrive. We all thought it would be around noon or around then but to everyone's surprise it ended up being almost dinner time. It actually delayed dinner and everyone's faces started looking like hot dogs and hamburgers to me. Only kidding. We went out for a little bit just to get out of the house because we were all so bored. Hallie and I got more brioches... wait I think I already wrote about this. Maybe that was in my journal.. who knows. The point of this story is that we didn't do anything yesterday.
Now back to today..None of us really know when classes start. At first we were told the 11th, then I found a schedule on the website that said the 18th, but when I went back to the website to show Hallie and Mamie that we started the 18th, of course it said the 11th. We then e-mailed Dr. Rawson and she forwarded a message from a person at the university who wanted to meet with us about all of this. SO.. We all woke up early to go to the university and meet with some people about registration and possibly take a placement test. No placement test was taken but we did have to fill out 3-4 forms. The guy that had sent the e-mail felt that he was too good to talk to us so he had his assistant tell us all. I'm just kidding about the being too good for us part. ;) he had a cough and was embarrassed to talk to us. Anyway, Caroline explained the rest to us and then took us on another tour of Tours. Of course, she didn't know we had already done so except Aaron and Sierra missed it so we just went along any way. We visited the same places we had been to with Jacqueline but this time we took shortcuts and skipped half of the things. I don't like how I worded that last sentence but I am too tired to try and fix it. Sorry. I took more pictures of the city today since I had already visited those places. I had more time to just stroll. Again, after a while it was freezing outside and my toes were saying their last good-byes. We finally ended the tour at the Cathedral de Tours. <3
After the cathedral we went to the immigration office to turn in our papers and finalize the visa process. Just to make sure that the French know we are here and that we are here legally. The office didn't open until 1pm and it was 12:40pm when we arrived. This is when we all decided to buy sandwiches. There were many choices but Mamie and I went with the simple ham and butter sandwich. It doesn't sound very good but the bread was delicious and the butter was whipped and creamy and it was just delicious. Maybe it was the fact that we were all half-frozen and had finally found something else to concentrate on. Aaron didn't bring a coat to France so he headed to the "Tabac" to pretend and read a magazine and warm up but ended up buying espresso. The Tabac is a tiny shop on almost every street and they sell tobacco products and small things like postcards. Finally it was 1pm and the office opened. After freezing outside for 20 extra minutes, the lady tells us to mail the forms in. WTF?! was the main phrase running through my head...but then I thought hmm ok that's easy enough. Better than having to do an interview about why I am in France for so long or something crazy like that. After we left we headed straight "home".
We have all been sitting here on our beds, on facebook, taking silly pictures, talking about boys (only the girls of course), stalking friends on facebook, stalking friends OF friends on facebook...and trying to come up with male names that start with L's. Lord knows what topic will come up next in this awesome little chatter box room! I love hanging out with the girls and OBVIOUSLY talking about boys, boys, boys. It's close to dinner time and then I believe we are all going to watch a movie. I am tired from not doing anything but it's Friday night... in France... why not go out and have fun??! Who knows what will end up happening...I'm sure you will find out by tomorrow ;).
P.S. Caroline (the university lady) told us that the first day of school starts the 18th but then at the other place where we will be taking our other classes don't start until the 25th. Next week is going to be a lot of FUNNNNN!
i love you all.
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