L'Autobus

I admit, I always thought people looked a little silly running after the bus. But now, I am one of them. The most direct route from my homestay to campus is bus line 34, but the problem is the 34 only comes every half hour or so. So if I just miss the bus, I have to wait at the bus stop for like at least half an hour, which is boring and unproductive. So, in the past week, I’ve sprinted (or at least done that awkward power walking thing where you’re almost running and you probably look more ridiculous than if you just went ahead and ran) to catch the bus like at least three times. Plus you have to wave down the bus here, or it will not stop, even if there are people standing at the bus stop. Some French people have the casual high-sign to the driver down pat, but I feel like I'm not smooth enough for that to work for me, so I always do at least two awkward arm jerks – and that’s when I’m already waiting at the stop. So when I run for the bus, I'm usually also waving vigorously, which makes me feel extra ridiculous! I'm just not very graceful with my backpack flopping around as I fumble for my bus pass, and my shoe flies off (not that that’s happened…).

Anyways, now that I, too, am one of those people who runs after the bus while flailing both arms to flag it down, I am now less inclined to think they we look silly when they we run after the bus. Although the UCSD shuttle comes every ten minutes, so I still think it’s not really necessary to break into a full sprint in that case. Just saying. Not judging.

Also, I can’t believe I’ve been in France now for over a month! Whaaaaat!

À bientôt!