Nice!

Nice is Nice! haha had to say it. Samantha and I made it safely to Nice, France and it is absolutely beautiful. We spent the day on the beach enjoying the sunshine and eating good food. Pictures and stories to come!

Goodbye Angers, Hello Summer!

So this blog now draws to a close my time in Angers, France. The past two weeks really have just flown by. After Barcelona was the final week of courses, and during this past week we had our final exams. Since, I admit, I had not studied as hard this semester as I have in the past (can you really blame me?), last week was filled with a lot of cramming and little sleep. But not to fret, we still found plenty of time to enjoy the sunshine and our last days together in Angers. The weather has been absolutely amazing, in the mid 70s if not higher everyday.
As for my courses I feel like I really made a great deal of progress this semester. I am not to the level of speaking I would quite like to be, but even that has improved a lot and my writing in French is much better. To recap, the courses I took this semester were my mandatory six hours of language class per week, French grammar, history of France, history of French art, and French Utopias and Utopian visions. My most difficult class by far was my French grammar class. Even English grammar is a struggle for me, so French grammar was very difficult. Having sad that, I am really glad I took it because I feel much more comfortable with a lot of different components that I did not know how to use at all before. History of France and History of French art were both great courses and I learned a lot. My Utopia class was very enjoyable as well. We will get our grades for this semester in about a month, so hopefully they are as good as I am hoping they will be.
I had my last final on Friday and now it is officially summer and vacation time. I have not had this much free time in I don’t remember how long. It is going to be fantastic!
Sadly Friday was Jayne’s last day in Angers. So to send her off, we had a picnic down by the river with a lot of our close friends. It was another beautiful sunny day and it was just a good quality time with some amazing people I have met here.
Saturday and Sunday were met with more send offs and tearful goodbyes. Everyone is going their separate ways and back to where they came from. The friends I have made here I know I will have for years to come. Even if we never physically see each other again, we will always have Angers.

Last night was my last night chez Annick and this morning she brought me to the train station to send me off. It is not goodbye yet because when Mom and myself come back through Angers in about 2 weeks she is going to have both of us over for dinner. I am really excited that Mom gets to meet my French Mom!
At the moment I am sitting in the TGV station in Charles De Gaulle airport anxiously waiting for Samantha’s flight to get in. it is 2:02 and her flight lands at 4:50. I could not possibly more excited to see her! Tonight we are spending the night in Paris and then tomorrow morning we depart early for Nice in the South of France. We will spend three days there and then head to Antibes for two more days before coming back to Paris to meet my mom.
I will try my best to keep this updated during our travels!