France - Aix en Provence

Aix en Provence... Oh why does it have to be so far from what is familiar? Why does it have to be so far from home?

I love it here. I love how foreign it is. I love the adrenaline rush of being embarrassed by not knowing enough french to know what I did wrong. I love learning french and i love watching people here.

Aix en Provence has been amazing. I promised to blog later, after I got back to Oxford, but I figured why not give a mini version of what is to come.

I am staying in the very center of centre ville (the center of the center of the city lol). Every morning I wake up to a colorful open market being set up with the most gorgeous fruit and veggies straight from the country-side of rural France. Am I dreaming? pinch me, please.

I have been doing work around the office of ICCP (international community church of provence) where I am staying. Small things, like fixing door knobs, glueing linoleum down, building shelving units, fixing doors etc... That has been fun, it is nice to do something productive with my body after a rigorous semester.

In my free time I have been writing more of my novel. My goal has been to get to chapter ten and I am somewhat there...

I have outlined (read planned) half of it and started on most of them, however I haven't fully flushed out all of my ideas but I am very close.

I have one day left in Aix and I am sad, but will probably return for Easters (I just watched Nacho Libre again) lol, "Do you realize I have had diarrhea since Easters!" lol

My stay here has been very very pleasant, and J'espère revenir pendant LONGTEMPS (I hope to come back for a long time).

That is all for now, soon I will post pictures of my stay and a more detailed description of what I have done during my stay.

Until then, stay well and enjoy whatever you are doing.

Ciao