Activities are under way! Wednesdays I have tennis from 1:30-3, then rock climbing from 6-8 and Fridays I have art class from 5-8 (but you can come and go anytime between then). Meanwhile school is ramping up. I have an essay for philosophy about yes or no, is a happy life a life of pleasures? Then, Tuesday, I have a test on The Odyssey in French. In two weeks I have a test in History, and then finally, it's vacation on October 23rd, until November 2nd. A vacation where I plan to do a lot of sleeping and a lot of reading and a lot of running and a lot of cooking, all things I haven't had time for with my busy schedule.
But, busy though it may be, I love all the activities! It's really nice to be keeping up with tennis because it's physical activity and the people there are all really nice. After, at night, I take the bus up to Chambéry-le-Haut, a neighborhood up on a hill that looks down on Chambéry and is surrounded by pretty autumnal forest to do rock climbing at a gym there. In the first two sessions, I've learned how to belay and grimpe-à-la-tête, which I'm not sure how to translate into English. It's when you clip the rope in as you go, and there are 5 or 6 clips ending with the one at the top. The climbing rope isn't already at the top. Last class, I got to the top of every wall I tried except for the last one with a huge overhang that even the best person in our class couldn't get past. My goal: to be able to get to the top by the end of the year. On Friday, there's art class from 5-8. I usually stay from around 5-7:30ish. Tonight one of the French kids came over to talk to Cassie and me, and then another girl came over too! They played around and we painted some stuff together, like a person with tatoos. In the class, you just take your materials and go paint/draw/sculpt what you want. I haven't done sculpture yet but today I painted a tree and the statue of a man's torso which in my painting looked slightly too feminine. The first class I drew the head of Mary (from a sculpture). I think I'm going to work on computer design next week! After that, I want to start on sculpting too. Tomorrow I get up at 6 am to do a hike by Mont Blanc so right now I'm prioritizing and going to sleep instead of doing more homework. Homework can wait for Sunday, the national French homework and other chore day because everything is closed. Tomorrow night I think I'm eating in town with Leah, the Canadian girl in Chambéry and sometime Saturday (while not doing homework), I hope to go to the skating rink with my friend Claire from school!
I got your postcard yesterday - thanks for sending it!! I'm going to write you an old-fashioned letter today, so hopefully you'll get it in a week or so. I see you're going to do some running on your break...have you run there yet? Are there some good routes? I picture it being hilly/mountainous, so hopefully you can find a stretch of flat earth, huh? Who is the girl on Facebook that you have the most recent picture with? Is it Cassie?
ReplyDeleteHave a good week at school!! Good luck on your tests :) Love you, Auntie
Well, Bridget, after our beastin Odyssey project freshman year, I expect you to do well on your test. That is all.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are definitely staying busy over there. I wish I did all those activities here. Although in Alabama our activities would consist of; hunting wild pigs, looking for alligators, running in the heat up huge hills without dying and learning how to rid your house of cockroaches. I've done a little rock climbing and it is a great workout. I'm jealous that you get to do that every week.
ReplyDeleteAuntie, I got your letter thank you! I especially liked the very fitting card. Yeah, the town itself if flat but everyone gives you these weird looks because no one runs here. No, that's Leah, the Canadian.
ReplyDeleteSara, I'm still not over the fact that she didn't like our commercial for Odysseus Energy Bars. But I did do well on the test, because the teacher grades us exchange students super nicely!
Laura, it's so cool that you do rock climbing too. We'll have to go together sometime when we're both in MN. Alabama sounds like an adventure! Have you seen lots of wild pigs and alligators?