It is vacation time!

Man i am loving it here!

So the french schooling system makes no sense at all. I finished with all my classes last week and the exams are not until the first couple weeks of May. This means that i have got some free time on my hands. I guess you saw the pictures i put up instead of a story for my last blog. sorry. i was rushed that day. But as you can see, I went to a Wine and Chocolate tasting, went to the movies (3 times), watched the Tour d'Aix (bike race, and saw a crash), and spring arrived with a Harley on the Cours Mirabeau.

My fun has not stopped there! I have been going to the parks around town a lot lately (the weather here has been great for the most part, although it is cloudy today). I have hiked Mont St. Victoire a couple more times, and i have got a post Easter trip planned with the church here. Speaking of Easter, I went to a big pic-nick/egg hunt last Saturday. That was a lot of fun. Afterwards the university students grilled out at an apartment on the south side of town.

And then on Sunday Carnival hit the streets of Aix! It was completely crazy here. The opposite of what you think of when you think French village life. There was confetti and silly string covering all corners of the street (and all over everybody). The little kids were dressed up in crazy costumes, and a lot of the adults too. There were more people in the streets than i have ever seen. And then the bands and floats came down the cours. It was all followed by a group of about 200 people all dancing in unison. The atmosphere couldn't have been more jubilant. There is still confetti all over the place.

And then on Monday, I climbed Victoire in the morning, hung out in the park during the afternoon, and went to a rooftop BBQ at dusk. What a great time that was. To be right in the middle of town and on a rooftop terrace. seeing the clock towers and cathedral steeples lit up at night. Drinking wine and eating shish kabobs with friends.

Well i am not quite sure all that lies ahead of my these last 3 months, but i am ready for it!