Un Autre Jour

Another hot day here in Avignon...when I leave for school in the mornings it's a little chilly, so I wear a cardigan and a scarf, but by midday it's too hot for either. I had my classes at 9 and at 1 today, so I was done pretty early. My friend Dawn and I ventured out into unknown territory in the afternoon to see what we could see...but we did a little shopping first, of course. There was this dress she wanted to check out at this tiny store called Casting, and they had some great shoes for veeerrry cheap, so of course I couldn't help myself. Awesome heels for less than 20 bucks US? I can't resist! I fell in love at first sight. But after that we sort of meandered about, eventually discovering an antique fair. I saw a WWI helmet complete with the spike on the top and the first thing I thought was, now THERE's a party hat. Alas, there was no price listed, which means it was out of my price range. Dommage.

But after we just got too hot to continue walking, we went back to the Center to hang out for a bit, and then I came home and finished re-reading 1984. Unusually for me, I wasn't tired enough for a nap, so I went ahead and started another book. It's called Hemingway's Chair, by Michael Palin (of Monty Python fame) and is very entertaining so far. Definitely a nice change from the heaviness of Orwell.

Today I also made sure to post my most recent pictures...you can check those out on Facebook. There will be more after this weekend, I'm sure. Tomorrow the art and architecture class (which I'm not in but I can still go with them on field trips) is going to Vaison-la-Romaine, a town with Roman ruins that's situated higher up into the Alps. We'll stay there all day and come back to Avignon in the late afternoon. Saturday the whole group goes on an excursion to Camargue, which is at the delta of the Rhone River and also nearby the Mediterranean Sea. So hopefully I can get a tan on the beach!

I have just now had my first experience with French laundry. The machine is tiny. And of course, nobody has dryers here, so I just finished hanging up my wet clothes on this clothes rack contraption. Don't really know how long that takes to dry, but it's not urgent. Now I just have to figure out where to put the rack so I can pull out my bed to sleep. Arranging everything to fit in tiny spaces over here is like a game of Tetris. Adventures galore.

Anyhow, that's all I have for now!

Je vous aime,
Natalie