Im HERE

So i finally made it to France. It's a bit different than i had expected. It took over 18 hours to get to my school. I got a first class seat with my buddy pass, thanks robert. It was awesome! free drinks, food, movies (with the complentary noise reduction head phones) and anything else i could think of. my first challenge was trying to find where my luggage was going to be at the airport and then how to buy a train ticket. let's just say it was a good thing we caught a huge tailwind and arrived in paris in only 7 and a half hours. the train ride was really cool although i was tired. i had plenty of room for ny legs and the veiws were great! it was a 3 and a half hour riddes with about 4 stops. the scenery of france changes so much as you travel cross-country. Provence is amazing. the sky is blue, and it is still summer here, but without so much humidity.

My room is reqlly nothing special. kinda feels like the size of a closent. and my laptop is not working right now, a big bummer for me and everyone i wanted to "skype". hopefully i can get it fixed. I walked down into town, which is about a half mile or so. Its a great pedestrian street front shop/cafe place. After walking all over the main downtown and peeking into shop and checking out the many fountains, i sat down at a cafe and had a beer. a 1664 to be exact. it was 3 €. i sat and people watched for a while. I think i could get used to this. I just hope i can learn some French quick and find a group of college kids to hang out with. I only overheard like 5 or 6 kids speaking english all day. but i have got hope.

well i am going to try and get some much needed rest. i will keep you posted on what happens tomorrow and this weekend.

p.s. you won' t believe it but the keyboards here are completely different than in america. so knowing how to ten finger type is no good (its good i never learned how to)

a bientot,
caleb