I'm finally back in France and it feels great! Sort of... I happened to get a really bad cold mid-flight and I'm still dealing with that, but French medicine can do wonders so I'm hoping for a quick recovery. The worst part about not feeling well is that I couldn't breathe or taste when I first arrived, and I still can't intermittently... for example on my way to dinner tonight.
That nonsense aside, I spent a lot of the day today exploring the city by myself, which was really fun. It's not a huge place; but me being, well, me, I got lost at least a dozen times and re-traced my steps in about half of those instances. I bought a towel, which was SUPER expensive, and a card to convert my cell phone into a French pay-as-you-go phone, but I still have to go to an Algerian store and have someone "debloquer" it; that's the French way of saying that it needs to be unlocked for use with a French SIM card. I still haven't opened a bank account or gotten a bus pass yet, but I have big plans for doing that tomorrow.
I am thus far really pleased with my foyer (kind of like a dorm/apartment/hostel) and I can see one of the coolest parts of the nearby mountain from my bedroom window. Even more importantly, I have my own bathroom! I haven't talked to anyone here yet because I still can't get two words out without whoever I'm talking to realizing that I'm American and my French is super rusty, but I imagine I'll get to that in time. So far as the lady who runs the joint knows, I'm the only American here, and I think the only native English speaker. It's a little intimidating, but I think it's also a great help because I feel as though in less than two days I've covered as much ground as I did in a week during my study abroad three years ago.
No comments:
Post a Comment