Rainy Day

This Morning

Today is a dreary day in Bordeaux, France. I opened my window in the middle of the night because I was hot. I awoke this morning to a cold breeze and dark cloudy skies. The forecast is around 65 degrees Fahrenheit with showers. Tomorrow, Saturday, we are taking a beach trip to Arcachon (I believe that’s the town – I’ll update if I’m wrong) and I hope the weather clears up because I brought my swimsuit and sunscreen J

Food… Again

I am still getting adjusted to all things French. I just have to remind myself that this is an adventure and I really am in a completely different country. My new friends and I went in search for a Chinese restaurant yesterday. When we couldn’t find it, we walked into a Tex-mex place that we figured would satiate our non-French food cravings. However, we were looking at the menu and there weren’t any burritos or tacos or really anything of the sort. The only thing Tex-mex-y about the place were the little pictures of the state of Texas on the menu. L We were all laughing and being super FOB-y about it though. When we found Chinese it was amazing. I thought I could do bread for every meal. Nope. The noodles, veggies, and tons of soy sauce were such a nice change.

On a side note: I miss my mom and dad’s cooking. I was joking to Marina the other day when we were dying of starvation, that I would literally kill someone for some home cooking. It would be my last meal.

French Food (in particular)

• Why is there mayonnaise on everything??
• Yogurt is hella bomb
• Pastries are my shit

Beautiful Bordeaux

Today we took a tour of the town with the office of tourism. It was drizzling this morning but the tour was really nice. We stopped at a pub on the way home and ordered drinks. Lauren ordered an Orangina, which was the same price as our wine/beer – ridic. When we were sitting down it started to rain so we paid and ran out.

The Cuts… Again

The reason my blog is late is because this place is so jank that the Internet doesn’t even reach our dorm. (Speaking of the janky dorms, I have so many mosquito bites! Anyways…) I walked across to the closest campus buildings and they were all locked. You could see small groups of Californians huddled under the eaves of close by buildings. Less than a minute after arriving, it started to lightning, thunder and pour. I couldn’t keep my computer on because the rain. Thus, I am waiting for a chance for Internet to post this. 

Mes Amis Américains