day 35 & 36

Day 35: Friday, April 24, 2009: Today in history class, we had a walking tour of the city. It was really fun and interesting but everyone forgot that it was today so a lot of people had computers and heavy bags. We did that for two hours. Afterwards, I went to the university library and wrote my film review that was due at 5 p.m. that day. It only had to be a page so it was pretty easy.

Then we had literature class. The professor is so bizarre and the topics are really obscure. So then it was time for dinner. I went home and found that I had received a package from my Mommy! It was Easter candy from Graeter’s – a Cincinnati favorite. I had two chocolate bunnies and a dozen assorted eggs. I ate one bunny then and decided that I would share the eggs with my family and then I could talk more about Cincinnati. Jacqueline even looked it up in an atlas!

So after dinner, the four of us each got to choose an egg for desert. After dinner was over, I had to leave because I was meeting Melissa to walk to Place d’Horlodge where everyone else was meeting to go to the movies. We saw Coco avant Chanel in this one-screen theatre that used to be a church. It was really cool. The movie was really good; Coco Chanel is played by Audrey Toutou. She was in Amelie. The movie was in French without subtitles. It was a little difficult to understand the actors at times but I understood the movie and the story. I want it to come to America but I don’t know if it will be as big as it is here. Ten people went to the theatre.

Afterwards, six of us went to Red Sky – one of our favorite bars. We had a table outside and decided not to stay out too late because we had an excursion the next day and we had to wake up early to meet for the bus.



Day 36: Saturday, April 25, 2009: Today we had another group excursion. We went to Bories, Gordes, and Roussillion. We met the bus by the university at 9 a.m. The first stop was Bories. First, we waited in the parking lot for half an hour while we waited for them to open. Great planning here. We knew that this would be boring. It is a village where every house is built of rocks. It was restored in the 1970s to look as it did when it was built in the 4th century or something. Seeing one house built with rocks is okay but to see an entire village is a little much. We walked through it pretty quickly.

So then we went to Gordes. It was really cool. The bus let us off at an overlook where we took lots of pictures. Then we walked to the village. It was really hilly and there were really cool old houses. Gordes is for old, rich people. When we got to the village, we had time to walk around. It was cool but there wasn’t really anything to do.

Then we went to this Ocre reserve thing. Ocre is a red powder found only in France that is used in paints and dyes. The tour was a little interesting but it was in English, I speak French; I’ve been in France for six weeks; give me the tour in French. We all put the powder all over our hands and faces and it looked like we had fake tans.

So then we went to Roussillion. It was probably my favorite part of the day. We went to this National Park that we had to pay for; it should have been included in the excursion. The dirt was red and there were sandstone cliffs. It was really cool. After that, we had ice cream at a really unique place. I had lavender flavor.

So then it was back on the bus to return to Avignon. I took a little nap. Then we were home and I continued my nap until dinner time. After dinner, I played cards at Lance’s with him, Kelby, and Meghan.

(Google Bories, Gordes, Roussillion, Ocre)