My room and etc..... (around ambialet on Jan 29th)

Random pictures of the dogs and our room.

i figured people would want to see one of the bedrooms.

This is my room btw haha





and onto other pictures

Carcassonne ftmfw

So we went and visited Carcassonne.

I must say it is easily one of my most favorite places we have visited yet.

The construction and history of the place was just amazing.

lets move onto pictures... (i suck at explaining)

Here is our group fresh off the bus being lectured by Eric.





On the bridge leading into the city of Carcassonne



Part of the outside wall.





Mr. Toast FTMFW





Inside fortification



Torture was only 5 euro per person



I pick up Saint Francis students





Mr. Toast needs to pee before we eat.



Cathedral within Carcassonne

Rain and Spring Break

So it rained a lot and we had to stay in a hotel for two nights.

apparently it was cold in some of the rooms.

Me and lynds also booked our Spring break. Toulouse -> London -> Rome -> Paris.

should be a good time. peace out

pics for clicks.







This next one was taken AND edited by Lyndsay M Neugebauer. the one and only...... well maybe

Conques

Today (Wednesday Jan. 21) we went to Conques and visited the Sainte-Foy abbey-church. Conques is an amazing place that was discovered by a Hermit and eventually was expanded into a thriving city by people seeking religious enlightenment.


pics from today.





gratuitous bathroom picture. No soap or toilet paper provided in the bathrooms











The Tympanum over the entrance to the church









The return of Mr. Toast



Since we go on so many bus rides these are definitely required.

Bonjour and such

So I am really bad at this whole blog thing.

On Saturday we all got to have our first shopping experience in France. Tim arranged for a bus to take us into Ambialet. All i can say is J'ADORE CREPES.
pics for clicks














Well last night we had a special event devoted to Mr. Obama's rightful take over of the United States. None of us had even considered making his inauguration into a special evening/party, but apparently the French had other ideas.

First off we were interviewed by French news reporters about our ideas and hopes for the next four years with this completely new style of president. I hope we didn't sound too stupid, haha.

Then we attempted to watch the inaugural speech and events via web cast, but that turned out to be much more of a hardship than we had expected. After Collin, Matt and Dan messed with various connections and websites we finally got it up and running.

After watching the inauguration we headed down into the dining room where we met up with a few of the students from Albi University who decided to spend this evening with us. We also met up with our teachers and some locals. We snacked on sheep cheese on baguette and Gaillac red wine.

Here are some pictures from that evening.















Here are our teachers





I must say, i am actually looking forward to the next four years and the hopeful changes that will come with them.