Last week in Montpellier! Off to Belgium!

It’s the last week here in Montpellier! I can’t believe it’s gone this fast. We have some small tests coming up in French class—our teacher Frank says they won’t be hard, but after a week in Spain I reverted back to my Spanish and now have to concentrate really hard to switch my brain back into French. It’s great to be back in a city where I know my way around and where I can sprawl all my stuff out in my room. But one of the things I loved most about Spain was traveling with our group of 20—it’s an awesome collection of people and we have fun spending time together, during tours or traveling or eating or going out. I’m excited to travel with them to Paris and Italy and the Middle East after that. One thing I learned though—travel is tiring! I was exhausted after Spain and felt so glad to have a home to come back to in Montpellier. Sadly, that won’t happen again on this semester. 

Monday was Audrey’s 21^st birthday (February 7). It doesn’t really mean much here in Europe, but we went out for a nice long lunch in Place de la Comedie and had a glass of local wine. After diner that night, a group of us headed to the Australian club but found a huge line and instead went dancing at the Manhattan, another club next door. It was a really fun night, even though we were all tired from traveling the week before.

I also made my plans for our free weekend, which is this Saturday through Tuesday. I’m going to Brugges, Belgium with Audrey, Hannah Davidson, Hannah Sievers, Kelsey Cannon and Sarah Spencer. We’re taking a train at 8:30 on Saturday through Lille and Brussels and getting into Brugges around 3:30. We made reservations at a super cute little B&B near the center of the city. I’m excited to relax a little in a small town—ride bikes to the coast, tour the brewery, eat lots of Belgian chocolate, see the main Market Square and climb the bell tower, and just relax at a café and eat a Belgian waffle with my coffee. It will be a nice and relaxing weekend, then we head back to meet the group in Paris at 5:30 on Tuesday.