Cathèdrales

          Last friday night I went to a friend, Tom's birthday party, and got to eat cat food, unknowingly. Wasn't too bad! Saturday got up early to go see the cathedral in Embrun near Briançon, which was amazing ! They had the preserved clothes of the priests since like the 11th century ! We saw another cathedral, this one was constructed by monks who used the golden ratio because they didn't have Arabic numerals. Pretty amazing. Sunday got to catch up a bit with Lucca and Dylan, (going to see them this weekend for golf) and  I got to see Digne-les-Bains...in a fashion that wasn't me getting lost on the bus...and I got to meet Isabelle's awesome friend Martine, who had turtles, cacti and good food :). There we also saw a nice museum with a lot of cool art, and a lot of art that I didn't understand. In school I'd like to say I'm doing good in phyiscs and SVT (biology) and even math...in fact better than in English. I got 8/20 on my first English verb quiz, my worst grade yet, go figure! On Wednesday I had my first volleyball match, and we went 2-0, we beat the Digne team and the other Sisteron one! Today I did Escalade (rock climbing) for the first time, that was very cool, and made me realize how weak my arms are. Shout out to Matteo (I think) for helping me learn the knots, he's a solid man! I'm thinking about starting up tennis, and if possible I want to take the local baker into letting me help him make bread one morning.
            Some differences about France: Almost everyone in school wears the brand "Eastpack" (EVERYONE), and it's weird because it's an American brand, but I didn't know it existed. A lot of things are a bit more expensive (80-100 euros for jeans) BUT there's always cheap bread, cheese and cookies :). Cars don't really have a trunk here, they do but it's so dang small. people drive faster here than in the US, if your j-walking, don't be an idiot. Questions? Ask 'em ! and bonné journée à tout !
P.S. Some day I will send Braden his cheese and post pictures