Finally Warming Up

I feel bad complaining about how cold it is, since it's really only, like, 20 degrees. But after walking around outside for 2 hours, my feet were so cold it was painful!

Anyway, recaps. Yesterday we didn't really do much of anything. We were waiting for Sierra and Aaron to show up, and they were supposed to get here around noonish. So we thought that once they came, we could go out and look for cell phones and see the town and stuff. After waiting most of the day, though, we got bored and went for a short walk. Then we came back... and waited even longer. By evening we thought to look up their flights, and it said they wouldn't be arriving until today. So it was quite a surprise when suddenly they were here that evening! Like our original trio, they showed up just in time for dinner and then we hung around a little and went to bed.

This morning, we had to get up early because we had a meeting. The people from the Université wanted us to come by to get paperwork in order, so we had breakfast and left around 10ish. I knew where we were going, after Jacqueline's mini-tour yesterday, so I led the way. When we got there (after having to ask for directions at one point) they took us to a little meeting room and we had to fill out some paperwork. We have another meeting next Tuesday at 3pm, and by then we need to have mostly decided what classes we want to take. We've received all kinds of different reports about when classes actually start; right now our understanding is that regular classes start the 18th of January and the classes for French learners start the 25th. Since we'll be taking both kinds of classes, we need to know both dates.

Caroline was the woman who was helping us, and after everything was filled out she took us on another tour of Tours. We saw mostly just the same stuff as on Jacqueline's tour, but Caroline pointed out some stuff that she knew about that's specifically helpful for students. She left us in front of the Cathedral, and then we went back to the Prefecture to take care of our immigration paperwork. The office didn't open until 1, though, leaving us 20 minutes to stand outside the closed gate. We got sandwiches at a nearby patisserie (where they apparently sell the largest pastries in Tours) while we waited, and then talked to the lady for two seconds. She basically just said we had to mail the papers in to the office.

By the time we got home, my feet were so cold they'd gone past being numb and had started hurting. So I got into bed and have been sitting here for a while warming up. Now I'm not sure what (if anything) is planned for the rest of the day; there's been talk of watching a movie tonight, and we might go out tomorrow night now that everyone's here.

I miss you all (Hello, homesickness. I wondered where you were.) and I hope things are going well back home. <3