Sunday, May 10

I am getting over the nose stuff, but losing my voice a bit from the coughing (we all know how resilient my voice is, it can last through an awful lot!). I packed up at the hostel this AM and headed to the Gare Montparnasse. Let's just say my bags get heavy after the 14th set of stairs in the Metro.

A quick 2 hour train ride later, I'm in Rennes! Elodie picked me up (looking fabulous!) and brought me back to her and her boyfriend's adorable apartment just outside Rennes. We've been talking since I got here, (shocking I know) and mostly in French. This is where I'll really improve my French if it will be improved -- only Elodie really speaks much English, so I'm practicing my French as much as possible.

We stopped by her parents house (lots more practice trying desperately to understand French) to pick up a mattress for me for the week and we're back now, watching Friends in french. I'm using the WiFi at the apt and it turns out Elodie and Erwan have a service for TV/Net/Phone where they can call to homes in France and to a few countries for FREE. So I can call the States for free this week! Cool perk :)

Pics tomorrow... super rainy today and pics wouldn't show you how GORGEOUS it is here. But the rain is how I remember Rennes (in the winter, it rains a LOT) so it's fitting.

Ok, off to have more tea for my throat and soon we'll have Raclettes (a Breton classic) for dinner: fingerling potatoes, and Raclette cheese melted in baby cast iron pans and then poured over the potatoes. Yummmm...