...and the livin' is easy

Things that I find confusing:

- The post office! The confusing ticket machine, 10 different lines, flashing numbers, oh my!

- What exactly should be said when someone says "ça va?" to you, nearly any response is suitable it seems.

- When dogs poop in the street or on the sidewalk.

- What is ratatouille?

- Most irregular french verbs.

- How heavy a kilo is... the whole metric system actually.

- How a macaroon is different from a standard cookie.

Thing I've learned:

- How hard Vincent Van Gogh's life was. All he wanted was someone to love, but he died an early death after suffering many years with mental illness and what is thought to be epilepsy.

- Van Gogh was a genius who made about a billion masterpieces in only about 8 years.

- Not to walk on the cobblestone after it has been washed... very slippery!

- Painting from nature is harder than it looks!

- How easy it is to nap in the park...

- There is a light inside the apartment door to help you get to the next door that turns off automatically!!!!

- Southern France gets HOT in the summer.

- Marseille is much bigger than Aix, especially when walking to the beach.

- Traffic round-abouts are easier for cars, but tricky for walkers!

- Sun burn is real.

- Chevre (goat cheese) is the bomb!

- It is better to play soccer with the little boys in the street than to be on time to class.

Things I will be experiencing soon:

- Painting in the countryside... tomorrow!

- A random french play we decided to read instead of going to french class :-) (Don't worry, I was just auditing the class anyway)

- Nice, this weekend with Lynnie-Pooh

- Paris for 3 days with Sarah and Lynn

- French sale season

- Nutella banana crepe... sounds like heaven