Howdy!
Or Bonsoir, ?as I have learned in my 3 hour 5 p.m. French class. (Because it is good evening and that class is ridiculously late.)
I?ve been in Nice France for about 2 weeks now, and it is absolutely breathtaking. The beach, the mountains, even the buildings are beautiful! I live near old town nice or basically I live in the city center. It is always bustling and lively. There is a stretch along the main street Jean Medicin where the tram runs that is a lot of shopping and stores. Its about a 12-15 minute walk to the beach and an hour and 10 minute walk to school. I unfortunately learned this on the way to our welcome session last week because I didn?t know where to buy a temporary ticket and we were purchasing passes at school.? I has not withdrawn any euros as my atm card wasn?t working. I know Karlee you?re off to a great start aren?t you. At the welcome session though I was able to buy a city pass for the bus and tram and boy did that make my life easier.
The first 2 days I didn?t leave my flat and I survived off granola bars and sleeping. I was jet lagged and confused. I didn?t understand a thing people were saying and finally when I got hungry enough to leave it was almost 7 p.m. and a little too late for my tastes in an unfamiliar place. So I ventured all of one block to the KFC I found on google maps thinking it would be familiar menu items and easy to order. I was wrong. I chose the two items that were easiest to pronounce and just said a la carte hoping they wouldn?t ask if I wanted fries or a drink so i would look so clueless.
I?ve settled in now and am happy to report I have not been back to KFC since, nor any other typical American fast food chain for that matter. Speaking of fast food, the McDonalds here is over 5 euros!! Who in their right mind would pay that much for McDonalds??? However, I must admit some exchange students say its supposedly better quality then back home?..we will see. Now on the topic of things that are different here?.well for one?I’m not used to seeing people wear tennis shoes and skinny jeans so often but its definitely a thing. It?makes sense with all the walking they do. But?what doesn?t make sense is the coats. In Nice we are on the beach. Yes it is winter but its quite warm for winter, at least it is during the day. A light jacket or long sleeves should do the trick and yet its completely standard here for EVERYONE to wear thick heavy coats as if in NYC in winter. They?ve GOT to be sweating under all those layers and they don?t take them off! They suffer through it like champs.
I’ll be posting pictures soon. It’s so beautiful here though I know they won’t do it justice.
Au Revoir!
Karlee Reese
