I live in Rennes, which is on the little peninsula thingy in the west, pretty much directly west of Paris.
I met up with my friend Florian, who's from outside of Lyon and who had been renting a room at my host parents' house for the first few months I was there. He picked me up from the gare (train station)... on his motorcycle.
Now, I had been on a motorcycle before, for approximately... 45 seconds, when I was in Samaná. And that was terrifying, because I did not know the guy at all, we were going up a reallllllly steep hill, and we were on a cliff.
This time however, there were no cliffs in sight (well, not yet. I haven't gotten to Saturday yet), but we were speeding down the highway at like, a million km/hr. No, not really, but it just felt like it. It was probably only like 5000 km/hr. I'm really bad with metric stuff. But it was soooooo much fun, once I got over the fear that I was going to die and learned how to keep from getting tons of bugs in my face.
Friday we went to an old church on a hill overlooking Lyon. I forgot the name of the church... but it was pretty :) and historical. As many things in Europe are.
Me, obvs, and Lyon. Taken by Florian... my camera isn't that good.
We then explored Old Lyon, which was really quaint and full of old cafés. Again, typical Europe. We also walked along the banks of the Rhone River, with pretty much everyone else in Lyon. There were people running, biking, having picnics, drawing, skate boarding, drinking, drinking, drinking while running (honestly)... it was really cool.
After dinner we went and played billiards. I played for the first time about two months ago, and I've since learned that my talent for billiards is only slightly weaker than my talent for ice skating... and I think many of you know of my prowess as an ice skater... Still, I enjoy playing, especially when I know no one is taking it seriously.
Saturday we got up early and headed out (on the motorbike) to Annecy. Annecy is probably on my list of the Top 10 Most Absolutely Gorgeous Places I've Ever Seen. Actually, no. Top 5. Seriously. Breathtaking.
Here are the Google Image Search results for Annecy. Def. worth looking at. Gahhhh I love this place.
After getting some food and walking around the lake for awhile, we decided to head up the mountain on the motorbike. Because why not. It's the Alps. So we did. It took about 15, 20 minutes to get up the mountain... and then we arrived in Sound of Music land. Seriously. All I wanted to do was spin around in circles and sing about how the hillllllllllls were aliveeeee. Florian didn't understand the reference though, and neither did anyone else around me, so I stopped pretty quickly. Side note: The Sound of Music is translated into French as La Mélodie du Bonheur...The Sound of Happiness. However, in Latin American Spanish it's La Novicia Rebelde, which is like The Stubborn/Rebellious Novice or something. when I found that out, if made my life.
We took the highway back, which only took us about an hour and a half. On the way there we drove through a bunch of quaint adorable French towns, which took about 3 hours, but was definitely worth it.
The next day we were totally wiped out and just hung out until I caught my train. It was an awesomeee weekend and I'm so glad that I got to see a completely different part of France. I leave in a month! So crazy. Okay, actually, I have my ticket for a month from now. I'm trying to find ways to stay here for a bit, but I'm not sure if that's going to work out. After this week, we're on vacation for two weeks, and my Mom is coming. After that, only two more weeks until everyone goes home. I don't want to leave!! Craziness. This term has flown by.
Okay, I'm going to go for a run now in the nice 75 degree weather that we've got going on over here... then dinner, watch some Top Chef... not do any homework, because I don't have any... la la la...
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