NICE

Rainy day in the south of France…boo. Those days are really miserable weather wise…the rain is off and on…but not humid, surprisingly, like in the South.

BUT we FOUND A KFC!!!!!!!! But with no mash potatoes or macaroni and cheese…can it really called a KFC? The chicken was pretty good to say the least…

So the excursion to Nice was just pretty much wandering around in different stores until the rain started getting worse…and then we all made a mad dash back to the train station.

Later that night Mandy and Kaison came back from Antibes with some ::cough:: absinth.

Drum roll…

so they wikipedia-ed how to drink this stuff. It’s curious! Oh gosh it even smelled ick. And in my book, from experience now, all you need is one “drink” of this stuff and you can cruise for little while. Even then…that was probably the worst alcohol I’ve ever tasted. I will say that two guys tried…REALLY HARD…to see the green fairy last night…unsuccessfully…but I think they need to go to Amsterdam for that one.

TOMORROW Katie comes to stay with me! There is no class again until Tuesday so a lot of us are trying to knock out the rest of our papers before then…including yours truly!

ANTIBES

Antibes

So on Friday a group of about 8 of us went on a jaunt to Antibes with our advisor, Allison. GREAT GREAT little tour. The town really reminds me of Italy, narrow cobblestone streets, townhouses right up next to one another, little ally ways, pubs on every corner and all surrounded by the sea with cliffs, walls and a fortress. There was a Picasso museum underconstruction though…but Allison took us walking through the streethouses to find her favorites. If you are curious how much STARTING price for real estate is here…even for one bedroom flat in Cannes…bottom line is 200,000 EUROS. On that note…I’ve found my dream townhouse in Antibes….haha…dream for sure…

For dinner we ate in the square area…and sat and talked for several hours…probably honestly one of my favorite nights in France. It’s really those personal, one on one moments with people…not the star watching....that I value the most.

Yes, we passed an absinth bar…not that wasn’t the night…