I just realized that I don't think I've taken too many more pictures since the last time that I blogged... in other words, nothing happened!
Hah, just kidding. Let's see...
Musée de la Resistance. vendredi, 30 janvier (Friday, Jan. 30)
I only have class until 12:30pm on Fridays (in fact, I don't think there are ANY Friday afternoon classes), so what better to do than go to a museum? So, I went with Andrew to the Resistance Museum. It was insanely huge and really cool, in a weird, depressing kind of way.
Raquettes. dimanche, 1 février (Sunday, Feb. 1)
The whole group got together at 11am to faire des raquettes, i.e. to go snowshoeing!!! We had to bring a picnic in a backpack and because I was lazy on Saturday and didn't go out to buy one, I borrowed one from my host family, and bought some premade food from the grocery store that's across the street (that chain of grocery stores is called Casino, hehe). I was also happy, because the day before I bought a thing of Chips Ahoy! and they were very yummy and comfort food-esque. So, I met the group and we took a bus up Chamrousse, one of the surrounding mountains. The bus ride was about 1 hr, and then we stopped almost to the top to have our picnic. We walked down this long road and emerged in a beautiful spot, with a log cabin. There was also a competition going on, so there were lots of athletes and tents around! We ate and then walked back to the bus and took the bus the rest of the way up. Everyone got their shoes (if they need shoes - we needed waterproof shoes, so I borrowed some) and then our snow shoes! I was disappointed that the snowshoes weren't actually tennis rackets, but they were still pretty nifty.
After getting our shoes, we then proceeded to hike up the slope and traverse this huge path where skiers and snowboarders were flying across. Our guide was like, yeah, don't everyone go at the same time and go slowly, or else the skiers and snowboarders will be bowling soon. Hah. You're a funny guy, Christian. So after we make it across two of these paths, our big group split into two groups. I was in the "TGV" group, because apparently we were going to go faster, although I think it was just more rigorous slopes and more deadly drop-offs that our guide took us to (new conspiracy theory: BU is trying to kill us).
On that note, we went to two amazing cliffs. The first was very narrow and was literally us, edge, 800 meter drop. Beautiful. We could see the surrounding mountains and way down below us, a little village, that apparently, being surrounded by mountains, hardly gets any direct sun in the winter :(
The next cliff was much larger and was more of a plateau at the top of the mountain, where we could allll around it.
Since I can't explain it's beauty well; here are some pictures.
School? Wait, what? mardi, 3 février (Tuesday, Feb. 3)
This was about the time that I realized, oh, hey, I AM in school!
After this epiphany, I promptly went home and did my homework. Yay. :)
French guys. jeudi, 5 février (Thursday, Feb. 5)
I picked up a French guy at the discotheque. :) His name was Nicolas, pronounced Nee-co-lah.
LOL. samedi, 7 février (Saturday, Feb. 7)
It's been raining all weekend, so the general consensus was to see a movie! I chilled at home for most of the day, catching up on work. Also, I showed my host parents the French vocab book that I bought and they were really happy (c'est pas mal. - i.e. really good compliment) and then went out to see a French film! It was called LOL (pronounced Lull) and it was basically Gossip Girl but set in Paris, and it was AMAZING. Also, I told my host mom that was I going to see it and she told me she wants me to give a summary and how I liked about it, at dinner on Monday - yay practicing French!).
Il neige. dimanche, 8 février (Sunday, Feb. 8)
It's been snowing all day and I went to the bank and got some money out and realized my spending habits are larger than my bank account. Hah. Hah. Soo... I'm going to be eating bread and cheese for the rest of February. Yay.
Till next time! A bientôt!
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