Raining all over this girl's world...

[rebecca_in_blue]

I'm sorry that I haven't updated this journal lately, but I've been very busy. An assistant from Germany, Marlena, arrived on Thursday, and that evening, Corinne, one of the English teachers, invited me and Hanna, an American exchange student from Connecticut, to eat dinner at her apartment. She served us chicken and potatoes au gratin, salad, and apple pie. It was very delicious and a lot of fun; Hanna's French was intimidatingly better than mine, but we spoke in English on and off. I discovered that Hanna was also a big fan of Harry Potter, David Sedaris, and Shakespeare, and we had a lot of fun discussing all of them. Unfortunately I didn't get back until very late.

This is fantastic proof of what a big nerd I am. Here I am in France, and do I stay up late drinking wine and experiencing the culture? No, I stay up late talking about Harry Potter with a fellow expatriate.

Yesterday, another assistant arrived, Heather from Virginia. Usually Nathalie, one of the school's staff, shows the assistants around when they arrive, but for some reason Nathalie couldn't be found, and so I was asked to do it because I'm American too. So I spent the afternoon giving Heather a tour of the school and the town, and our tour of the town was actually pretty unpleasant, because it began raining very hard and absolutely refused to stop. Rebecca stepped in a deep pile of mud that she just finished cleaning off her shoes.

Tomorrow morning Nakeisha and I will be taking the train into Amiens, where we will stay until Monday evening. Heather will be going to Amiens too, but I think she found another means of transportation.