ALLELUJA!!!

Okay two things:
1. China is chnging their policy on abortions so that people will keep their little girls and balance out the population a bit.

2. I now have more access to a computer. I hear tell that when all of the other international students arrive they decend on this place white on rice, but until then Carrie and our are confusing ourselves further by typing in English and not practicing our french.

Until I can figure out a sneaky way to get my photos on here I'll have to settle for telling you about it. Carrie and I live in a building, called Foyer International, about fifteen minutes walk from the main building of the campus. My room is two stories tall, kind of. The bottom is a little room with pink tile floors, two tables, three chairs, a fridge, two HUGE bookcases and a sink. Then there's a staircase that leads to a loft with a bed and a dresser. Thankfully this building also provides a kitchen, free washer and drier, and breakfast for what it's worth to anyone aho wakes up on time to get it. Wheee! Everything creaks and there are exposed pipes in the room which carry the conversations from the other rooms into mine. (I pay three times more for this than I did for living with Zack, Jonathan and le hot tub, mind you.)

On the bright side, there's only one bathroom on the whole floor... um.

The buildings are all very old and very close together. And there are a million skinny, lovely people to look at . For all it's worth, there's a distinct lack or fat people... here's to walking absolutely everywhere and eating nothing but bread, cheese and chocolate!

We managed to find a grocery store though so at least we won't starve to death. You would not believe the amount of cheese that can be purchased here! But the fresh flower stands and the crazy drivers and the nutty people who sold us coffee to benefit the tsunami victims (0,80€) kind of make up for the shatty stuff.

One good thing: Carrie and I fit in much better than the other American students, that's for sure.

French phrase for today: Je ne parle q'un peu de française, s'il vous plait, pouvez-vous parler plus lentement? (I only speak a little french, please, can you speak more slowly?)