So yesterday Ashley and I moved into the foyer and we each got our own studio apartments. We couldn't actually move in until 3pm so we went shopping for a little bit in the morning to kill time. I bought a delicious looking skirt. It is super cute and came with a cute belt as well. Anyway the point of bringing this shopping trip up is because an old man walked up to me yesterday and said "t'as une belle poitrine toi" and pointed to me.. which in French means "you have a nice rack". UM YEAH! DISGUSTING!
Back to the apartment...It is the cutest little apartment ever but the room is WAY too big for me! I could fit another bed or two in there so it was kind of scary at night. The lady in charge here is named Alexandra but we call her Alex. She is super friendly and super helpful with everything. In France, if you aren't making very much money and are under 25 years old you can find all kinds of financial help. There is a program called the "CAF" that pays up to 150€ of your rent per month but there are a bunch of forms to fill out but she helped us through it all so that we could get it done as soon as possible. My rent will be super cheap every month so that will be very helpful since I was freaking out about money!
After we got settled in to our new apartments, we went to Carrefour which is the closest thing France has to Wal Mart. We had to buy all new things. Plates, silverware.. anything you could possibly think of for a new apartment. It was like shopping for a dorm all over again! It's crazy how growing up consists of spending your life savings! I didn't spend as much as I thought I would have but it was still more than I would have liked. Everything is so expensive here. Even a little hand towel for the kitchen was about $3.50 for the cheapest ONE, yes you only got ONE towel. Not fun! When we left the store we had two huge bags each full of essentials and groceries. Of course, I forgot shampoo. haha When I got back to my apartment I made dinner (pasta & baguette) yummy! I also put up my pictures that I brought with me which seemed like a lot but on the huge empty wall it looks like 3 little pictures. I plan on decorating a little more once I get paid. ;) Until then I will live with an empty room and a rock hard pillow! :D C'est la vie!
I don't remember if I wrote this before or not but in the foyer you can only get internet in community areas so Ashley and I met up to go to the little café they have here. When we got to the café neither of our computers would connect to the Internet. It was super weird and I'm not sure why we both had the same problem but it said something about a self-assigned IP. I know what an IP is but I'm not sure why it had to be self-assigned or how to create one so a guy that's living here helped us out! He's an engineering student so all of this comes easy to him, I guess.
It's weird because this place clears out at about 11pm.. which is super early, in my opinion. Since there was no one to talk to I ended up going back to my room and (trying) to sleep.
Today Ashley and I went into the city (which is about 10 minutes away by bus) and got all kinds of tasks completed. I mailed my immigration papers to the office in Nantes, I mailed a card to the states, I opened a bank account, I finished grocery shopping and got my shampoo, and we got our bus passes! Such a productive day and tomorrow will hopefully be just as productive. I hope to get a new cell phone so that I have a plan instead of prepaid because I text too much! And I also want a nicer phone. I know today wasn't too descriptive but it was all business and no fun. It was a great day actually! For the first time since I got to France everything went smoothly and we didn't have any problems. I'd love to hear from you all so write to me on here or on fb! Also skype!! :D I don't start work until oct 17th or so and until then I only have meetings from time time so let's skype!
Love you!! <3
Gros bisous,
Valé
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