Saturday, May 31, 2008

Bonjour Hello from France! After a quick breakfast we loaded the bus and were off to France. We left very promptly and managed not to leave anyone! I took an Ambien so I was able to sleep very well pretty much the majority of the morning. We stopped for lunch where I got penne pasta and some very good grapes.

Our next stop was in Nimes! We stopped at a very famous site, some aqueducts. They very very big and beautiful. We also got to hike around a little bit and go to a cave at the bottom of the ravine. All the guys were too afraid of spiders to go in, but I made a small little venture thanks to the help of the light on my cell phone! We then got some of the most Delicious Gelatio that I have ever had! It was dark chocolate with chocolate shavings which is going to be very hard to beat!

We only drove about an hour after this stop to reach the hotel. Me and Amanda were on the bottom floor of the motel by ourselves. We didn’t feel the safest some somer very nice guys volunteered to switch with us so we were with a larger group on the thirs floor. After dropping our stuff in the room and skyping a bit, I went to meet a group to walk around with our art professor. Amanda was really tired and decided to stay back at the hotel, but I was very ready to go!

We walked very shortly before reaching the Palace ampitheatere, which was very beautiful and just seemed like a smaller version of the coliseum. We then walked to _{­­­­­­­} Maison Carrée_{. We took some very cute pictures. Including some thae “celebrated our denim, which originated in Nimes! A group of about 7 us of walked around some squares before finding the most perfect place tfor dinner! It was back on a little side street and servedc pizza. Immediately a woman came back and asked if we were going to eat there. They were so accommodating and pulled tables together and immediately brought out some very delicious sangria for un! We decided to split some pizza.; this was by far the most delicious meal that I have had this trip! It was soooo good! After such a great meal, we had a very hard time passing on desert. We decided to split 2 different dishes between the group.}

_{We got on the of the most delicious chocolate mouse cakes ever along with some fresh whip cream. I don’t think that I have ever said that any desert was better than something that was chocolate, but this next desert just killed it! We got an apple dish that consited ot a flat sweet bread, covered in cooks apples and a sugary sauce topped with some amazing ice cream. This was so good! I just sat there and kept saying “I love France!” It was one of the funniest dinners and most tasty meal that I have ever had!}

_{After dinner, we walked back to our second historical site where there was an outdoor concert. It was so nice taking in the scene and the music, which was pretty good. We then walked some more. We found some crazy French kids who asked us to take pictures. We thought that they had a camera to that they wanted us to use, but It just turned out that they wanted to get in a picture with us and wanted us to take it. We thought that they were just excited that we were Americans, and they didn’t speak any English. Turns out that they were just extremely high though and offered us some pot! We were a little taken aback. After immediately declining, we quickly told them good bye. We decided to head back to the hotel around 10.}

_{I got back and took a shower, and after talking to my parents one last time, (In a more normal voice than before) I climbed into bed. This was the first time that I was laid my head down before midnight and I was so happy! Although I had some of the weirdest dreams of my life, it was a great nights rest.}

_{I love France and I cant wait to get back there in less than two weeks!}