RENNES, FRANCE! :)

Bon soir!
It's 10:30pm here in the world of Rennes, and I was finally able to get on a computer to drop a line about my goings on. Alors, I got to France (le grand ole Paree) on Friday evening. I stayed the night in Paris (toured the important pieces at the Louvre, walked around, and had some great crepes with a glass of white wine at this little cafe on Rue Cler). The next morning, I got up early, hopped on the metro and headed to the airport. My backpack was SUPER heavy and I packed WAY too much, but c'est la vie. I got through it. I met up with the study abroad group at the airport and after some intial difficulty (our professor being late and missing the first train to Rennes) we started our two and a half hour train ride to Rennes. When we got to Rennes, everyone was tired and cranky, but after a couple days of relaxation and good food, we finally all got settled in. Class started Monday, and it's mad hard. MAD hard. I'm probably in a higher level than I should be haha, but oh well. I know that I'm going to learn a whole lot. We went to Mont St. Michel on Wednesday for a while, and then walked a really long distance out on the bay while the tide was out. We had to take our shoes off at one point because the seabed got so mucky and wet that it was almost like walking in quicksand. When we finally reached the water, the tide was starting to rise and was doing so very very quickly. Although we had to walk about 4 km in total to get out to the water and back, it was really awesome and probably something I never would have done on my own. Tomorrow is the last day of class this week, and then it's le week-end! There are probably many other things to say, but I'll leave it at that for now. Au revoir mes amis! :)