So, I know that I haven't written on my blog for almost two weeks so I figured I would write a nice long blog post to update everyone as to what I've been up to for the last few weeks!

Classes started last week and I think I have finally finalized my class schedule. It's going to look something like:

Monday: Anthropology of France from 10h-13h

Writing class 15h-17h

Tuesday: Language, Culture, and Society 9h-12h

Wednesday: Morphology and Syntax 9h-12h

Mythology class 14h30-17h30

Thursday: Oral Expression class 17h15-19h15

Friday: No class

So, 16 hours of class each week. It's going to be a tough week but it means that I get to have most of my Thursday off and all of Friday. This morning I went to the market for the first time. It was so interesting and I'm so glad I finally got to go. I didn't buy anything too big because I figure it's open every single day! Even Sundays, which is a huge deal in this town considering nothing is open on Sundays.

Two weekends ago we ended up going to Avignon which is where there's the Palace of Popes which is the picture on the left. It was amazing to see. I've never in my life seen larger rooms! Although like one of my travel books says "the interior is strangely empty after the devastation wreaked during the Revolution, where it was used as a prison and barracks...". Yes, I am reading all of my travel books so thank you! I also used Rick Steves to do a walking tour which some people made fun of my for and other people thought was great. So thanks again for those books they really are coming in handy.

We also went to the Pont St-Benezet; which was honestly just a broken bridge that you walk to the end and then back to the beginning. Walk downstairs and then walk back upstairs. Honestly, not the most interesting sight to see...but it's better than nothing! Plus, we paid to see both the palace and the bridge so I figured we should go. Although, we did get lost trying to make our way from the palace to the bridge LUCKILY I have Rick to show us the way.

Other than that it seems like we are going to be going on a road trip through Italy. We will be going as much of Italy as possible. This is the trip itinerary so far and we will be trying to keep it as cheap as possible:

Friday February 13 - Aix-en-Provence --> Bassanoa

Saturday February 14 - Day trip to Cinque Terra
Sunday February 14 - Bassanoa --> Pisa --> Florence
Monday February 16 - Florence
Tuesday February 17 - Florence --> Rome
Wednesday February 18 - Rome
Thursday February 19 - Rome [Optional Tivoli daytrip]
Friday February 20 - Rome --> San Gimignano --> Albegna
Saturday February 21 - Albegna --> Aix-en-Provence

So, I will keep you updated on everything that's going on once we finalize our plans and where I go next. We have a trip to Antibe this weekend which will be fun because it's with the entire study abroad group.

Hope everything is going well at home!