I AM GOING TO FRANCE! And just as I was falling asleep last night, strangely exhausted from the two semi-short walks I had taken, I found out my placement. I am going to be teaching secondary school in La Rochelle. After scouring google (maps and images), I have decided that this is great news. It sounds like La Rochelle is a small city, on the Atlantic, medieval in ways, but also a college town with some urban culture. Perfect. After living in La Manzanilla this summer, I think a city, versus a tiny town in the country, will be a welcome change.  |
You would think that having so much to look forward to would make it difficult to live in the moment here, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. My mind is obviously split between many places (mostly my imagination, actually), but I still have much to do here, and much to learn. This morning torrential downpour is keeping me inside, but I am busy with camp preparations and have also started writing again, which is a great use of my free time here and whisks away my tiny bouts of loneliness or boredom. In other news, I inconveniently lost my umbrella, which means that when the rain ebbs today I must run down and buy one of the beautifully patterned huge silk umbrellas that all the old women carry. Bummer. : )
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