On the bright side, though, lots of happy stuff has been going on lately, too. On Friday night, my friends and I went out...we were trying to go to this one club because my friend had seen a flier saying they were having a hip-hop/funk night. This was really exciting to me because part of the reason I don't go out all that much is because I can't stand techno for more than 15 minutes and the french just happen to love it a lot. I don't know why...it's terrible dance music unless you are doing tektonik (quite the euro-fad...youtube it and know the ridiculousness). Anyhoo, we get to the place it was supposed to be and they were having a jazz festival...which would have been cool except that two of my friends were very drunk and we were all quite ready to get our groove on. So we headed next door to the Sirius, a place I am a pretty big fan of...they were playing kind of horrible electro-jazz, but we decided to stick it out, figuring it was still early and it would get better soon (nothing really gets going til close to midnight usually).
And it's a good thing we waited, because the DJ was joined by this other DJ (who was a bit of a cutie), who's first song was by the Arcade Fire, who I LOVE. He continued to play amazing music: the Libertines, the Beach Boys, Beasite Boys, Nirvana, Arctic Monkeys (upon my request), andI even enjoyed a little Daft Punk...techno is ok in moderation, I guess. We danced forever and it was so good. I think I might be in love...
So after staying out until 2:30 am and not getting to sleep til like 3:30 because I had to shower and I was all adrenaline-y from dancing, I caught a train at 7 am to Strasbourg with my friend Margot. It was a totally last minute decision for me to go, but I've been kind of stressing about getting out of town and seeing things since I only have a little over two months left here. So we wandered around Strasbourg and climbed 66m up to the top of the tower of the main cathedral (which was interesting because I was already sore from capoeira). We also did a lot of window shopping and enjoying the cute little alsatian buildings that are very colorful and pretty. Thankfully, the weather was BEAUTIFUL. On Sunday we sat outside and ate ice cream in short sleeves and soaked up some sun. And there was a parade and tons of kids running around in costumes (not sure exactly what the occasion was). Basically is was really really fun.
Then we came back to the rain of Lyon. Oh joy. Seriously, I wish the weather would make up it's mind. Last Tuesday, we were talking about weather. The class knows "wind," "rain," "snow," "cloud," and "sun," and I'll usually ask them what the weather is like...for example, "is it sunny?" or "is it rainy?" Basically their answers were yes to all of the questions. It had snowed that morning, and then it rained, and it was partly cloudy, but during lunch time the sun came out and it was windy. Seriously...I don't know what to think. Or do with myself. I get really excited because it's sunny and warm and by the time I make it outside it's raining and cold again.
Um, I think that basically has me caught up. I've been working on my travel plans for my break in 2 and a half weeks, and I'm going to ride with my host family to Florence to visit my friend who is studying there, and then fly to Bruges, Belgium and meet up with some friends. Yay!
Ok, I might try to do some homework before going back to bed...I can't believe how tired I am...
Bis.
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