Une Petite Mise à Jour

Today, I am trying to do the French thing by writing this from a café, where I bought one drink and proceeded to hang out for hours. Oh la la, Kah-tee, que tu es française! I know, I know. But really, I guess I’m making like any hipster typing away on a Mac in any Starbucks in America. All that’s saving me from that cliché is that my jeans aren’t skinny enough, I’m in The French Coffee Shop¹ instead of Starbucks, and I have a real computer.²

So this week, I am on spring break! I know, I know, when are the French not on vacation? Shockingly, I don’t have any huge travel plans this week. I’ve just been hanging around Bègles/Bordeaux reading, going to some museums, doing a little shopping, and yesterday, I went on a solo trip to Périgueux, a small town in the Dordogne region. I was slightly hesitant at first to go alone, but it hardly seems like a big deal when I remember that I went from Walnut Creek to Bordeaux by myself while dragging a year’s worth of belongings eight months ago.

Pictures from Périgueux to come! And some long-awaited posts from my last week-long break. À bientôt!

1. Yes, I know, the fact that its name is in English kind of undermines its titular claim. But it is next to a Gothic cathedral, so it’s French enough.
2. http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvhpoqZH7o1r1ektro1_400.gif