My contact person in France is kind of a superhero... or at least to me he is. He found me a place to live! I can either stay there short term (a week) or long term (the duration of my contract) and I will have a room waiting for me when I get to France on the 28th! He's even picking me up from the train station, which is a huge weight off of my shoulders, believe me. It's not that it's difficult to figure out public transportation in France, per se, but problems naturally arise after some 18 hours of traveling by air and train and while carrying three heavy bags onto buses.
Here is a link for my new lodgings. It's called "La Clairiere" (there is an accent over the first "e" which I can't for the life of me figure out). It's what's called a "foyer", something like a cross between a hostel and a dorm. I hope that things work out here because I would like to be able to meet people quickly and of about the same age as myself, and it's close to the Universite de Savoie (again, an accent over the "e" in universite, but I don't know how to do that yet). I'll be in a tiny 10m squared room, but my sincere hope is to not be in that room very often. I also get two meals a day for something like two euro per meal if I try their dining option, which I plan to do.
A lot of stress has been relieved already, and I'm looking forward to leaving even more than yesterday! If only I could get the focus to write my statements of purpose I'd be doing great...
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