Bienvenue de... Strasbourg?! Hein?!

Yes, that's right. Olivia and I are spending the afternoon in Strasbourg... quite accidentally, actually.

I'm embarking on a 10 day excursion for fall break: 3 days in Nimes, France (south) where we are staying with some of Olivia's family friends, 3 days in Neuchatel, Switzerland where we are meeting up with my family again, and 3 days in Paris. <3 What a wonderful trip! All with Olivia's mommy in tow!

BUT It appears that all the trains to Paris are completely booked... even the afternoon trains that don't require reservations. Therefore, our plans to take a connecting train from Paris to Nimes (where we would meet Olivia's mother at 2pm) have been foiled. Luckily, if there's one thing that being European travelling students has taught us, it's being adaptable. We managed to get a train that takes us to Nimes, but it doesn't leave until noon and we've been here since six in the morning. We will be arriving at 8... and hopefully Olivia's mom was able to get the message that we're late (keep fingers crossed).

So... we're stranded in a beautiful, French-Germanic city... daaaaarrn! It happens to be one of my favorite citys too (having been here before with the Delphian Chorale). But because we don't necessarily feel like buying metro/street car/bus tickets and getting lost and missing our last hope of getting to Nimes, we are very limited on where we can go and what we can do. We've just been kind of walking around... reading... cafe-ing it up French style. Regardless, it's so nostalgic being here! I even passed the hotel where I stayed last time with the Chorale... cute :*)

I've found, at least thus far, that speaking French has been a terrible feat for me this trip. Two months ago I was semi-pro... and could conjure up sentences and vocab at the drop of a hat. But now... all I can think is German!!! Honestly! It's comforting to know that I have learned so much German already, but it's frightening because it's all I think. It will not help me in Paris. Ugh. I'm sure my brain will transition over... hopefully... but Remi also speaks German... tempting...

I'll blog more later about our awesome train experience soon... Tschuss, ciao baba!

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