I have finished my first week of school. I ended up not liking two of my classes, and switched to two other classes. I now have Monday classes :( no more 4 day weekend for me!
The school is in an industrial park, but you would never know it by looking at it. Sophia Antipolis has some sort of regulation of having to have so much vegetation per square meter of building space, so it basically looks like a forest. The student organization group wad handing out alcohol all week--imagine how much trouble you would get in for that in the US!
From what I have seen so far, the french smoke A LOT, manage to stay super skinny while eating a ton of carbs and sweets (such as chocolate filled croissants for breakfast, which are super delicious), do actually shower everyday therefore are not stinky, and are not rude like I had been expecting. On the contrary, they (especially the men) seem to love us.
I haven't been spending my first free weekend how I would have liked. I was sick when I left the states, seemed to get mostly better a day after getting here, then got worse again. I spent all yesterday sleeping and had body aches. Last night, Françoise gave me some medicine similar to ibuprofen and I had an allergic reaction. I woke up with my face super swollen and had a hard time breathing. I stayed up an hour and a half to make sure it wouldn't get worse so I didn't die in my sleep or anything, and eventually went back to sleep. I still have symptoms of it this morning and don't feel well, but the reaction isn't getting worse.
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