Safe and sound

Made it to the new digs in Talloires. I love this place, even though I've spent most of the time sleeping. It was a long flight and an even longer week leading up to this move. I graduated, packed and shipped my things and cleaned out my old apartment. I unfortunately got stuck in the dead center seat on the plane, and spent the entire flight playing elbow jockey with a guy from Panama until he fell asleep with his arm about 6 inches into my personal space. I've never been so happy to get off a plane...


Me after not sleeping a full 48 hours praying for internet.

Yesterday, we spent the day at the Orange store setting up an internet/phone/tv program and miraculously, even though they said it would take 15 days to start working, the internet and tv works! Once the phone service kicks in, I'll get free international calls. All of this for less than half of what I was paying in the US, and that was a student rate. I don't miss Comcast and never will.

After that was the first trip to Carrefour (like Target or Walmart). Going at 7 in the evening was not smart at all. I've never seen a mob quite like it. It really is exhausting trying to figure groceries out when it's not a native language and there are swarms of people everywhere. It ended up working, and we took the new car home. Ford Fiesta. Figures we got the American car, haha. Feels like home.

There's an awesome hike right outside the apartment we took this afternoon. Here's a quick video I took tonight during dinner. I'm never leaving this terrace ever.