A quick recap

The internet was down at school today (something about the interent and air conditioning interfering with each other--funny because the 85° in our room convinced me that the air conditioning wasn't even on), so I can only make a quick post with no pictures. I arrived here last Sunday after almost a full day of travelling and waiting and sitting. Somehow all those things make you really tired. I met my family the first night, the Gendres. They are very nice and speak a fair amount of English (more than I speak French), which is helpful for learning things in French that I don't know. After about a week, I think that they are beginning to realize that I'm not quite as dumb as I look when I don't understand something, they just have to speak slowly for me. I've spent most of the first week adjusting and figuring out how things work (buses, trains, stores, food, etc).

Over the first weekend, most of us went to Nice (which is nice by the way). Right now it looks as though a tornado came straight through the main strip of the city. Major construction was being done on the roads, so it might not have been as attractive as it normally is. The beaches were nice. They are made of stone and not sand. One afternoon we took a short trip to Monte Carlo, which was incredible (more pictures to come, but the two on my profile right now were taken in Monte Carlo). After a couple days in Nice, we returned to Toulouse. Overall things have been going well, and I promise to deliver more details later!
P.S. Shelly, I need your address.