My First Full Day

Okay...so here was my first day in France. IT was amazing. After sleeping for 10 hours, I got up early to the sun pouring into our room. I found out our room faces East. But it was a beautiful sunrise and warmed our room up, so I actually felt the need to get out of bed...LOL After a wonderful breakfast of nutella on a small waffle, a banana and ceral, I was ready for a day of exploring! wow did I go Exporling!!! The whole campus went to Apt a small Village about 15 minutes out of Lacoste. There was a open aire market, a art supplie store, a supermarket and a computer store. It was amazing. The open aire market had tons of merchanside to look at. From food, to plants, to soap and clothing. The Provence valley is famous for its Lavender, and you can smell it everywhere! I went around with my trusty naviagator and roomate Lauren. She is awesome, and we have a lot in commom, I have a feeling we will become good friends if she can put up with my annoying questions about French. She knows enough French to get around and talk to people...and I am still trying to learn how to say "hello" and "how much is this" and "do you speak English" But we had a good time roaming around Apt and listening to the people. The Languauge is so pretty here. I could literally just sit, watch people and listen to them talk, they sound so beautiful, even when I don't know what they are saying.
We also went into the supermarket to get some essentials. It was interesing becuase the don't supplie people with bags here. Instead you either bring your own bags or baskets or you buy an enviornmental friendly bag from there, and keep re-using it. It was a lot of fun looking for American type brands and seeing how their products change for French people. The only bad part is everything is in French....and I know my four years of Spanish is only going to help me so much...haha
After Apt, we made a stop at Pont Julian. It is a very old bridge that is no longer in use, but still perfectly standing It was beautiful! It is over 2000 years old!! Can you believe that. I actually touched a bridge that was made during the the Roman Empire?! And it was still all put together. I would have never thouhgt.
Then after lunch we had a tour of Lacoste given by a local villager named Finn. He was amazing and had all of the interesting stories and poems about the history of this place. The tour was very informative and we got to walk all the way up to the top of the hill to Chateau de Sade where the Marquis de Sade lived. The view was spactacular and the commentary along the way was helpful and insitful.
Dinner time!! We had a wonderful Bienvenue (welcoming) dinner. It was traditional food that included salad, soup, a cheese course and dessert. Delicious!! What a wonderful way to end the day! Well if you have made it this far you are a brave being. I didn't realize how much I had writen until now. But thanks for listening and I am sure when school actually starts, I won't be getting this detailed with my blogs, but for now it is fun writing and I hoped you have enjoyed! Until next time. Bonne journee!

More pictures coming soon! Here is the link
http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn109/sarapitz/lacoste/