So I'm here, in France! I have been here just under two weeks now and the whole experience has been quite overwhelming! I'm starting to get used to the French way of life (in other words, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork) and although I don't feel like my speaking has improved I'm finding that I understand people a little better. It's still early days though so I'm not going too hard on myself!
So, a bit about Pau and the university here. Firstly, I can see the Pyrenees from my university residence window, and in my opinion, I personally think that is really awesome. The Boulevard des Pyrenees truly offers some spectacular views of the mountains and I'm taken aback everytime I go down there... I can't believe I'm living by the moutains! Pau itself is a really nice city/town (? I'm not quite sure which it is yet) and the locals seem very friendly. My accommodation is nice, very basic but it's clean and tidy so I can't complain. The only downside is the lack of the internet, it's driving me insane.. I am currently stealing a connection from the public hotspot but it's so unreliable.. I can't wait for our super-fast fibre optic broadband to be installed in a couple of weeks!
Classes start on Monday although we haven't picked any modules yet... I'm going to take this as standard, haha. I'm going to watch my friends white water raft tomorrow at the Stade d'eaux-vivres (apparently the Olympic kayak-canoeing champion lives in Pau) and I'm going to attempt to surf on Saturday at Anglet, if that fails I will be basking in the beautiful Pays Basque sun.... ahhh!
Will try and upload some pictures soon!
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