I made it to france after several plane rides... all went smooth until our plane from Dublin to Marseilles somehow had damage to the door, so we had to get inspected and okayed by the official plane people in order to go ahead... turns out this takes about 2 hours.
Madame Perrier met me at the airport and informed me that we would be traveling to an island for a birthday celebration. I didn't really know what that meant, but I like islands so I figured it couldn't be too bad. I slept the entire way there in the car, and when we got there I learned that there were 150 people at this beautiful resort for Vincent's (I don't know him either, don't worry) 60th birthday. This was all really exciting and all especially because none of them spoke much english and I don't speak much french. Luckily there were some kids around my age who I hung out with. All in all the weekend was filled with music, fancy food, boats, and enough french to make my head hurt.
After this I returned to Aix with Mme Perrier and her boyfriend Chrisophe. They showed me around Aix a little bit. Today we had orientation at the school. It was fun meeting people that I will be here with. They all seem very nice. The art instructor told us all about Paul Cézanne and where he painted and how our painting school is connected with him. It is so exciting to be here! Tomorrow morning at 8:30 I have french class, and then the 4 other art students along with the teacher and I will walk to the studio and begin learning!
This weekend I:
-asked for help from more strangers than ever before in my life (if you know me well, you know how I hate to do this)
-ate more seafood than I have eaten my whole life
-drank more alcohol that I have my entire life combined
-kissed more people on the cheek than you could imagine
-was unaware when people were speaking to me... oops
-harpooned more fish than would normally be expected
Gotta go eat dinner! I will let you know if painting in France is as magical as it sounds :-)
Oh My...harpooned fish? Also wondering if the kids you hung out with on the island spoke any English.
ReplyDeletewhats the deal with harpooning fish?? you gotta catch dinner to eat it i guess.
ReplyDeleteBAHHH this is all so great!! keep up the good work documenting it all so I can live vicariously through you and your many adventures!
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